what can i do with a 486?

[deeptech71 at gmail.com]

Adrian Wontroba wrote:
> The point has been made before in this thread, but you need to change
> the way the NEW machine accesses the drive FROM LBA to CHS BEFORE you
> install.
> 
> Your new system supports LBA. The old one doesn't, and its view of the
> disk is very different. You must ensure that the disk "looks right"
> before installation.
> 
> CHS addressing started to be a problem as soon as disks stopped actually
> having a fixed number of sectors per track. IDE drives circumvented it
> by lying to the BIOS about what they looked like. If you are really
> unlucky, you will have to choose a compatible pair of lies.
> 

So I've tried disabling LBA mode for that HDD, but the results are the same: 
"missing operating system"