>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:42 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [expert]
>
>
>On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote:
>> I tried both ways. OBVIOUSLY I am not going to use FDISK or DISK
>DRAKE on a
>> functional system with WIN2000 because it will destroy it. Even
>if it could
>> do it non-destructively it would not matter. it does not allow
>you to get
>> that far, it does not give the option, it just says it can't
>find any place
>> to even TRY to construct a system, so that option is out.
>>
>> AGAIN WHY doesn't anyone listen IT DOES WORK for Version 7
>THEREFORE it has
>> REGRESSED. THAT is the complaint and there is no answer forthcoming.
>>
>>
>Gilbert:
>WHAT BRAND OF HARD DRIVE ARE YOU USING???? Are you trying
>to use an ATA/66 hard drive??? If so, what controller? Are
>you aware that Mandrake has tightened the code for some
>things such that "out of spec" hardware will no longer
>work? That's why some people are complaining about WD hard
>drives which worked in Mandrake 7, but no longer work in
>7.1, because Mandrake is expecting the hard drive to
>perform up to spec, and if WD has crippled their hard drive
>by not manufacturing to spec, then it's Western Digital's
>fault, NOT Mandrake's. Just because they are more demanding
>of the hardware does NOT mean it's THEIR fault.
>
The hard drive is a Maxtor 92048D8 20 gig hard drive that runs at 7200 RPM
and is a plain old IDE, No ATA66.
I am sure that you mean out of spec. I doubt it is out of spec, this drive
is pretty new. It performs flawlessly in other systems. I they accepted
before they should not have backtracked, once you allow something to work
you should not shut it down. As IBM about what we had to do on the AS/400 to
prevent this. You are telling me that Windows can handle it and LINUX
can't???
>Ever stop to wonder what's different about Mandrake than
>anyone else? Hmm? Well, one BIG difference is they are
>optimizing their code for Pentium or better. RedHat
>doesn't. If you want to use hardware that is NOT
>manufactured to the specifications, back down to RedHat.
>Until you tell us WHAT BRAND OF HARD DRIVE you have, you're
>not going to win!
I told you. Nobody ever asked before. It is the BIOS that handles this
anyhow is it not. Version 7/1 should not se anything that 7.0 did not.
This message is useless, it does not ell why it is refusing to accept it.
> John
>
