----- Original Message ----- From: "Raffaele BELARDI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised
> eric jackson wrote: > > I just had a Maxtor Ultra Series 250 GB hard drive installed as a slave. > > The box says it operates at 7200 RPM. It also says Ultra ATA/133. > > > > Mandrake 10.0 recognizes it but it only shows about 129 GB. The > > installation guide lists certain ATA cards that will only recognize 137 > > GB but the Ultra ATA 133 is not listed as having that restriction. > > Eric, > > You say the drive is UATA/133, but does the *motherboard* support > UATA/133? If not, there is little you can do, except using only the > lower 130Gb of the disk. Bios upgrade will not necessarily cure the problem. > > I had a similar issue with a Maxtor 160Gb when I installed it on my > 5-years old Asus P5A-B last winter. You can fine more info in Twiki > (http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/ProBlems) under "Large Drive" > > BTW, I noticed that the kernels included in 10.0 (both the 2.4 and the > 2.6 series) do test the system for large disk compatibility and print a > message to syslog if incompatibility is found, you might want to check > the syslog to be sure. The kernel in 9.2 was not so smart so I lost some > gigs of avi's before finding out! > > raffaele Thanks for the information.I'll have to dig around and find out if the motherboard will support my drive. I'll check syslog also. I'll let you know how things worked out in a few days. Thanks again Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ >
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