Re: Debian 1.2 - my installation woes.
In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.95.961217232345.483A-100000@dst.dsnc.net> you write:
>On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
>
>> You may have one of the WD drives that need to be flashed with
>> new BIOS. You can get the info and programs off their web site
>> (if I remember right)...
>
>d/led the firmware upgrade, the upgrade said I was up to date. I then
>through it in my 486dx4/100 box (my normal system) and it worked like a
>champ. I'm now going to play with cmos settings in the pentium to see if
>somethings funky. If not.. gotta replace the motherboard. uhg.
This might be your problem in the end - many so-called "EIDE" controllers
on cheaper motherboards don't fully implement the spec. and just move the
drive size limit from 0.5GB to 2GB. This warning came with a Quantum 3.2GB
drive I bought and it duly applied to my system - the onboard controller
caused major filesystem corruption *to the other drive on the interface*
when I tried to get it to work. <sigh> At least I can still use it by
moving it on to another controller the BIOS doesn't know about and rely on
Linux to auto-detect it.
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