12GB hard drive on old BIOS

I have a 75MHz Pentium (Packard-Bell) on which I am attempting to put a 1=
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hard drive. I know the drive works because I just removed it fully=20
functional from another computer. It is obvious that the BIOS is old and=
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the 8.4GB limit. I don't mind using only 8.4GB on this drive but I can't=
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the darn thing to get past POST. It just reports "Media test failure" so=
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am stuck.

Any hints or pointers?

Alan