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fishindude

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  1. Hi, CC, thanks for the response. Maybe I should have made clear in my post (thought I did) - I know about the ESDI_506.pdr driver on this site. It's great that someone took the time to do that, and I actually signed up for this forum to download it. However, that is an IDE controller driver. 98 sees an SIL3112A SATA controller as a SCSI device. I have the latest, as far as I know, 98 drivers for this SATA controller. I have not been able to tell from the info at the Silicon Image site (they're a chip maker, they refer you to OEM) or the Abit site (board is an NF7-S r2) if the controller drivers enable 48 bit LBA. This is a very common SATA chip, it would seem to be of interest to this forum if it can enable large hard drives in 98.
  2. j7n: There are still perfectly legal copies of 98SE floating around on ebay. They're licensed out of the box, you don't need approval from Microsoft. I don't understand....
  3. Howdy, hope someone can help. I am aware (at least, I am now) of problems that 98SE has in accessing hard drives over 137 GB, due to 98's lack of support for 48 bit LBA. I know there is a helpful driver written by someone on these forums to overcome this on PATA hard drives. After hours of scouring the net, I have come to the conclusion that most SATA chip makers supply a 98 driver that enables 48 bit. I have been unable to confirm whether this is true of the 98 driver for the ubiquitous SIL3112A SATA controller. Can anyone tell me if the latest driver for this chip enables 48 bit in 98SE? Thanks in advance.
  4. Hi, all! My first post here. I still love 98SE, mostly because it's MY d*** computer, not Microsoft's as they would like to claim. I use XP only when I absolutely gotta. About 98% (no pun intended) of the time, I'm in 98SE, like right now. I'm fairly certain that it's not phoning Redmond right now to report on me; I can't say that about the more "modern" flavors of Windows. I fix a bunch of computers on the side and sell a few, too. We 98 lovers always hear the "why are you using an obsolete OS" junk from the supposedly more enlightened. Well, I'll tell ya. 98SE is way easier to fix than XP, W2K, or (gag) Vista. Virus or spyware problem on 98? No problem - boot from a DOS disk and rip that sucker out by the roots! On the more "advanced" OS's, with something really sticky you're probably (time wise) better off reinstalling. Oh, that's right, you can't do that too many times without getting permission from MS. Boot problems? A simple sys c:\ fixes most of them, or an fdsisk /mbr if it's really bad. With Vista, Microsoft finally went all the way to the dark side. If you have that OS, fully half of your computing power (on your very powerful computer) is dedicated to preventing you from doing things that Microsoft doesn't want you to do. Another strange thing is how you can't seem to get XP drivers for new computers. This is a first - there has never been an MS product launch where you couldn't get hardware drivers for the previous edition. Some of the more odious OEM's (well, OK, HP) have taken to censoring their forums to prevent access to XP drivers. I could (and have) gone on and on. I will use 98SE as long as I can, but it looks like the future for true 32 and 64 bit lies with linux. I do have a problem, though, with 48 bit LBA. I'm gonna post it under it's own topic and I hope someone can help.
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