I'll try to do that, I THINK I know how to find the archive. I know I don't
have this here since I only joined the list a few minutes before sending my
email.
M Thompson wrote:
> Please search the mailing list archive for an e-mail that I sent regarding
> UDMA controllers and ATA66. It was a recent E-mail.
>
> Matt
>
> >From: Rodger Boots <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: [newbie] Can't install with giant Maxtors?
> >Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 02:51:15 -0600
> >
> >Attempting a first-time installation. The goal is to end up
> >with an Apache server providing FTP to the outside world and
> >internet access (proxy server??) and storage space to home
> >machines.
> >
> >What I bought was 2 36.5 gig Maxtor IDE drives which I'm
> >under the impression Linux will RAID together into one
> >redundant 36.5 gig space. These are the master & slave on
> >the primary IDE (the only port that supports ATA66). On the
> >secondary port is a CDROM drive that can handle 4 disks as 4
> >separate drive letters and an LS120 superfloppy drive.
> >
> >The first problem I ran into was the motherboard BIOS wasn't
> >new enough to handle >30 gig drives. That has been fixed
> >now. But Linux can't seem to figure out how to partition
> >those drives. It doesn't matter if I let the installation
> >program try Disk Druid or Fdisk, either way there is an
> >error message (not there long enough to read it, though).
> >It doesn't matter if LBA is on or off and it doesn't matter
> >if I boot from the floppy or the CD, the result is the same.
> >
> >So I guess what I need to know is:
> > 1) Should LBA be enabled or not?
> > 2) Do I need a newer version of Linux?
> > 3) Could the problem be that I'm not using a REAL
> >floppy drive?
> >
> >
> >--
> >Windows:
> >
> >32 bit graphical interface for a
> >16 bit patch for an
> >8 bit operating system written for a
> >4 bit processor by a
> >2 bit company that can't stand
> >1 bit of competition.
> >
> >
>
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Windows:
32 bit graphical interface for a
16 bit patch for an
8 bit operating system written for a
4 bit processor by a
2 bit company that can't stand
1 bit of competition.
