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Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B
The 32-bit disk access feature in Windows 3.1 does not work
with drives that have capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. If you
want to use 32-bit disk access with Windows 3.1, see the file
SEG32BIT.TXT, located on your DiscWizard diskette, for further
information.
4,092-cylinder limit
The BIOS in some computers cannot support drives that have
more than 4,092 cylinders (approximately 2.1 Gbytes).
If you
install a drive with more than 4,092 cylinders in one of these
computers, the computer may “freeze” or fail to boot. If you have
this problem, see “Alternate capacity jumper” on page 26 for
more information.
8.4-Gbtye limit
If your drive’s capacity is greater than 8.4 Gbytes, the capacity
may exceed the limits of your system BIOS and operating sys-
tem. DOS and Windows operating systems and most system
BIOS’s limit the drive partitions to 8.4 Gbytes per physical drive.
Because of this limitation, a 32-bit file allocation table (FAT32) is
needed to support drive capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes.
To achieve your drive’s full capacity, you need a Windows operat-
ing system that supports FAT32
and device support for drive
capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, from one of the following:
•
Third-party device driver, such as Disk Manager (Disk Man-
ager is provided on the DiscWizard diskette included with your
drive),
or
•
An intelligent ATA host adapter,
or
•
A system BIOS upgrade
