Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:19:10 -0400 From: Greg Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] not lib, but you guys would know the answer, if anybody would
Western Digital's page (http://support.wdc.com/faqs/software/ezdrive.asp#dma64k) has the answer to your problem with EZBios. While I've used overlay software on quite a few systems, I've always considered it to be somewhat of a kludge and try to stay away from it. Using the USB enclosure should avoid any BIOS limitations since you're relying on Windows' USB storage mechanism. If you're planning of moving the drive around a lot, this is the way to go since you won't have to worry about the BIOS limitations of other machines, IDE connections and won't need drivers for anything running Windows 98 or later. On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:48:51 -0700, Michael Hodish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:48:02 -0400 > From: "Michael Hodish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: not lib, but you guys would know the answer, if anybody would > > Sorry to be off topic, but this is the kind of issue that you guys always > know the answer to, on a larger scale: > > I have a Dell desktop, its bios doesn't make nice with drives over 120 Gb. > No ROM update is available. > > I want to add a 250 Gb drive. The manufacturer of the drive says to use ez > bios, although the version they have available gives an error when I use it, > as directed, to make a bootable floppy - " Disk error on A: drive: DMA > crosses 64k boundary" I have no clue of what this is trying to tell me. > > First of all, does anyone know what this means. > > Second, if I connect the drive using a usb2 drive enclosure (this would > actually be advantagous...the drive is for archiving images of variious > other machines...it would be good to be able to take it off site), does that > bypass the bios' limitation? > > System is Dell Dimension 8200 Bios version A08 > > XP pro 5.1.2600, SP1 > > P4 2.4 > > TIA > > Mike Hodish > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
