OT? IDE flash drive in OLD pc.

Pardon if this is off topic too far.

We would like to replace the hard drive in a '93 vintage PC with one of
those little IDE flash drives that plugs right into the mb connector.

The first attempt failed. The bios is old enough that it won't auto-select
the drive so the params have to be entered manually. Unfortunately the US
dist doesn't understand the question on drive geometry.

Does anyone know of an IDE flash drive that will work in an old pc (pre LBA
capable)?

Scott


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