I think, if you can afford a 40G hard drive, and is still on a P100, it's time to upgrade... (motherboard included)...
On 25 Jun 2001 09:06:46 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > I think you're referring to IBM's program that allows you to control the DMA > mode of the drive. That won't have anything to do with getting the drive > detected by the BIOS. > > Even if it can't talk to it, it should at least see it. Check cables, check > power, perhaps put the drive into another PC to check it. There are issues > with drives that large and usability... all three of my Abit motherboards > have had BIOS updates specifically to deal with drives that big and larger. > > ----- > Marc Wilson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.moonkingdom.net/mwilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: virtanen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:28 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: big IBM harddisk > > Hi, > > I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. > > My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. > > The problem is that the motherboard doesn't understand the harddisk at > all. > > The IBM own (DOS) program, which is supposed to help to fix the problem > doesn't help. Even if I boot the box using that IBM setfix program, the > motherboard doesn't find the new harddisk at all. > > My system is Debian 'Potato'. > > Anybody knows, what to do? > > Hannu Virtanen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --------------------------------------- e-mail: aquila at hypox dot org website: http://aquila.hypox.org geek code: GCS d- s+:--- a-- C++++ ULS++>++++ P+++ L+++>++++$ E--- W++ N+ o? K? w---- O- M-- V-- PS---@ PE--@ Y? PGP- t 5 X- R tv+ b+ DI-- D+ G++ e(++) h! r* y ---------------------------------------
