I bought the drive specifically so I can run linux and maybe Solaris 8 etc on it. I have w2k on my primary hard drive and even partition magic detects the drive as 33G which is disconcerting.
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Wei-shi Tsai wrote: > > > Faisal Naeem wrote: > > > I just bought a 40 G Maxtor drive. I have it hooked up as a secondary > > master, but my BIOS tends to detect it as 33GB. Any ideas what might be > > causing this problem. > > > > Some BIOS have problems detecting drive capacity past 32GB. If you are > running Linux or Windows 2000, you should have no problems using the > drive to its fullest capacity. > > -- > Wei-shi Tsai > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MoonieCode(1.12.05) > SM:6-[8]m+ F:sMe++[+]>Mo+>:vNe+>Bl+<:aLu+[+]>Ry<:pR+>Cl< > D:s:Ma<:vJa--<Wi---+ X:***[*]:a30s+[+]|80d+[+] O:d+:s+:o?:x?:a--:h- > P:a++:s6::w150:f?:eBr|Bkg:hBkm:t-:cAs:bO+:*Aq:y--:r+|- > "The moonlight carries the message of love." -Serena/Sailor Moon > "I just caught up on my reading. I'm now ten chapters ahead." > -Amy/Sailor Mercury > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]