>In a message dated 6/26/02 1:17:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>I just put a 10gig IBM into my little sisters 5300cs and it exhibited the
>exact same symptoms that you described. Turns out the drive had been jumpered
>to the slave position. Once the drive was set to Master Disk Setup had no
>trouble initializing it.
>>>
>
>Ken,
>
>Did it (the 5300cs) address all 10 GB? Or just the first 8 GB?
>
>I'm getting a "new to me" 5300c, and it's coming with the stock 1 GB drive,
>which is obviously a little small these days.
>
>I'm thinking of a 10 or 20 GB IBM 40GN, a series which works very well (and
>is super quiet) in my Wallstreet.
>
>But, no need to upgrade if the machine (the 5300c) can't address the storage.
>
Running OS8.1 with 40MB Ram it has no trouble seeing all 10 gigs in
3 partitions 2/4/4
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