Re: Maxtor dynamic drive overlay
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote:
> I wonder if anyone knows what is Maxtor Dynamic Drive Overlay and how to
> get rid of it. It seems to be a part of the hard drive. And it causes my
> boot to take about 3 minutes (to get to lilo).
> I don't have such problems with other hard drives and I did not have such
> a problem with this one before I've installed Linux.
This is a workaround for DOS-based systems to get around the 1024 cylinder
limit. I believe it resides in the master boot record and am not
surprised that it causes problems with lilo.
The disk I once used it on came with a DOS floppy that had a program to
remove it. Possibly you could get this from Maxtor, On-Track (who wrote
the program) or a distributor.
Bob
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