not really cause i got the drakx finding all partitions. (that was teh bug in the partitioner prg in drakex - or whatever). i've always, consistantly tried using the hd.img quite often......it's just being a pain in the butt program. mmm...never had a maxtor. mmm...i'll try that. On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, you wrote: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Roger wrote: > > > lol, i've got roughly 20 gb of data on it. ..unless i can borrow an extra 20gb > > drive from somebody??? lol > > > > no i did not have to use that s/w. matter of fact all newer hdd's do not > > require that (or cannot even use it). most of the hdd's or already preformat > > It isn't the drive but the bios that has the problems, that would require > translation software. And _all_ maxtors come unformated and unpartitioned, > btw. > > > anyways. when partitioning, i just use partition magic. never had this > > Thats the answer to your problem partition magic is hideing the partition > most likely :) > > > problem before. i'm guessing (sigh, again) that it's probabely just because > > it's with the hd.img....probabely something missing between it and the cdrom > > install iso. (missing driver.....not able to find the proper module settings > > etc...). > > > > *remember! this is a newer model hdd! > > > > all of my older hdd's are able to use the hd.img diskette. go figure. > > try finding the "cylinder limit" jumper and enableing it also -- ------------ Sent from: Lattitude (deg): 32.7130 Longitude (deg): -117.1530 Altitude (ft): 410.0 GMT to Local (hrs): -8.0 (daylight savings enabled) ------------ Created with Linux-Mandrake 7.0! http://www.linux-mandrake.com/ Currently Beta Testing Mandrake Ver >7.0
