Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
95 and Linux. EZ-Drive was installed to handle the larger disk (it's a software extended BIOS).
On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 22:28, Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM) replied:
IMHO, you have just shot yourself in the foot. ;-) EZ Drive is/was needed because of the computer's BIOS, it obviously could not recognize the large HD.
Boy, this brings back memories :-) I forget exactly what disk-management software I had, but it came bundled with a Quantum 13.6GB harddrive. LILO wan't happy; the only way I could boot Linux was with a floppy :-( I toughed it out for a year... Then, I bought a Promise Ultra100 IDE controller. This removed the need for the disk-management software, and SuSE7.0 installed nicely. IIRC, the only "trick" with more-modern SuSE distributions is that I have to pass the kernel parameter "ide2=noautotune". So, for the modest cost of the Promise controller, I saved an older computer from the dump, and took full advantage of the "final upgrade" Quantum 7200rpm drive I bought a year earlier. -Gord (what to do with 8 IDE connections :-) ) -- Gordon Pritchard, P.Eng., Member IEEE Technical University of B.C. - Research Lab Engineer mailto:gordon.pritchard@techbc.ca direct phone: 604-586-6186