so just the bios issue? so if i piggy back the hd on top of a smaller hd or a CD with linux on it, it should recognize it, right?
is there a way to tell whether the bios will recognize the new hd without actually trying it out? by looking at some bios options or such? thanks! -Mark On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Ricardo Anguiano wrote: > "Mark K. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello. > > > > I got a ATA133 120GB Maxtor hard drive. Would this work on a > > Pentium I with a (I think) ATA33 controller? I don't see why it > > wouldn't, but the guy at CompUSA told me it probably won't even > > boot. Just thought I'd check before I open the box and face the > > wrath of a 15% restocking fee. > > I have a PC from 1996 which does not recognize drives larger than 8G. > A third party controller was required to recognize larger drives. I > used a Promise controller IIRC, which has it's own BIOS. The problem > lies with the original BIOS. > > HTH, > -- > Ricardo Anguiano > http://www.codesourcery.com > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available upon request. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
