Transferring the software from the drive
Required materials:
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Diskette Drive A
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A blank diskette that can be used in Drive A
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A bootable diskette with the Format command
Recent developments in drive technology have pushed drive
capacities beyond the limit that many older computers using DOS
can address. Seagate provides software solutions that can allow
your computer to surpass the address limit and access the full
capacity of your drive. The software is stored on the drive at the
factory and must be transferred to a diskette in Drive A before
you partition and format the drive. The files stored on the drive
include:
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EZ-Drive. This is drive installation software that enables com-
puters with BIOSs that restrict the hard disc capacity to 528
Mbytes to surpass the 528-Mbyte barrier.
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SEG32BIT.386. This replacement 32-bit disk access driver for
Windows supports drive capacities above 528 Mbytes, multi-
ple block read/write, PIO modes 3 and 4 and LBA addressing.
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Seamove. This is a program that automatically copies the
software files stored on the drive at the factory to a bootable
diskette in Drive A. It removes the factory-installed partition
and format when the files are copied.
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README. This file contains information about the Seamove
transfer program.
You must create a diskette with the software that Seagate pro-
vides. To transfer the software, put a bootable, blank diskette into
Drive A. To create a bootable diskette:
1. Insert your DOS diskette into Drive A.
2. Type format a: /s.
The drive reads the DOS diskette and prompts you to insert
the diskette you want to format into Drive A.
Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995
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