RE: big IBM harddisk
Hey, it was just a suggestion. My point was that reasonably new
components are affordable, that's all.
On 25 Jun 2001 12:36:33 -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Now that's awfully silly; what if his needs are storage and not
> processing? The last thing linux folks ought to be doing is following the
> Microsoft "You must have at least a 1Ghz processor to write a shopping
> list" line.
>
> On motherboards.com, he'll pay approx. $300 for a new motherboard and CPU,
> *assuming* (probably incorrectly) that his existing RAM and case will work
> with them. Same place, he can get a 60G hard drive for $245. You do the
> math.
>
> On the original question: I agree that there's probably some physical
> problem (cables connected incorrectly, drive physicially dead, jumpers set
> wrong, etc.). Even if the BIOS doesn't understand the drive's geometry,
> it should be able to see it on the bus and even allow linux to access it.
>
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> On 26 Jun 2001, Aquila wrote:
>
> > I think, if you can afford a 40G hard drive, and is still on a P100,
> > it's time to upgrade... (motherboard included)...
> >
> > On 25 Jun 2001 09:06:46 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> > > I think you're referring to IBM's program that allows you to control the DMA
> > > mode of the drive. That won't have anything to do with getting the drive
> > > detected by the BIOS.
> > >
> > > Even if it can't talk to it, it should at least see it. Check cables, check
> > > power, perhaps put the drive into another PC to check it. There are issues
> > > with drives that large and usability... all three of my Abit motherboards
> > > have had BIOS updates specifically to deal with drives that big and larger.
> > >
> > > -----
> > > Marc Wilson
> > > mwilson@moonkingdom.net
> > > mwilson@cts.com
> > > http://www.moonkingdom.net/mwilson
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: virtanen [mailto:hvirtane@cc.jyu.fi]
> > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:28 AM
> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject: big IBM harddisk
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk.
> > >
> > > My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5.
> > >
> > > The problem is that the motherboard doesn't understand the harddisk at
> > > all.
> > >
> > > The IBM own (DOS) program, which is supposed to help to fix the problem
> > > doesn't help. Even if I boot the box using that IBM setfix program, the
> > > motherboard doesn't find the new harddisk at all.
> > >
> > > My system is Debian 'Potato'.
> > >
> > > Anybody knows, what to do?
> > >
> > > Hannu Virtanen
> > > hvirtane@cc.jyu.fi
> > >
> > >
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