In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Tim Sailer wrote: > >> You may have one of the WD drives that need to be flashed with >> new BIOS. You can get the info and programs off their web site >> (if I remember right)... > >d/led the firmware upgrade, the upgrade said I was up to date. I then >through it in my 486dx4/100 box (my normal system) and it worked like a >champ. I'm now going to play with cmos settings in the pentium to see if >somethings funky. If not.. gotta replace the motherboard. uhg.
This might be your problem in the end - many so-called "EIDE" controllers on cheaper motherboards don't fully implement the spec. and just move the drive size limit from 0.5GB to 2GB. This warning came with a Quantum 3.2GB drive I bought and it duly applied to my system - the onboard controller caused major filesystem corruption *to the other drive on the interface* when I tried to get it to work. <sigh> At least I can still use it by moving it on to another controller the BIOS doesn't know about and rely on Linux to auto-detect it. -- Steve McIntyre, CURS Secretary "Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky," [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I..." Churchill College <a href=http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~93sam/>my home page</a> Cambridge, UK <a href=http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~93sam/comp/>My PC page</a> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
