    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0870               09-22-93

          FORMATTING AND PARTITIONING HARD DISKS CONNECTED TO POWER STATION

    PROBLEM:       AST DOS 5.0 and IBM DOS 5.0 will not allow FDISK to see more
                   than one hard disk when the Power Exec is connected to the
                   Power Station.

    CAUSE:         AST DOS 5.0 and IBM DOS 5.0 rely on CMOS to identify hard
                   disks, and there is no CMOS for the Power Station.

    AFFECTED
    SYSTEMS:       PowerExec and Power Stations.

    SOLUTION:      Microsoft DOS 5.0 or 6.0 use BIOS calls to identify hard disks
                   and will allow the hard drive to be partitioned and formatted