On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 02:58:29AM -0800, Brandon Dorman wrote: > Other people are addressing other issues, but I'll tackle one.
> So I bought a new Seagate 80GB one. I installed it with no problem, > just set the jumper in the same place as the old Quantum, same cables > and everything. There is a known issue with using the same cables. There's a good chance that your original cable was a 40-conductor cable, whereas with newer drives, you'll need the 80-conductor cable. That cable likely came with the drive. You'll notice it's the same width but much smoother, and the ends are color-coded (blue for the motherboard end, I think grey for the slave and black for the master). If you use an old cable with the new drives on a recent motherboard that supports DMA66 or later, you will have drive issues, but not like what you described - they'll bite you later. > Also curious is that when the computer starts up it shows it as only > being 10GB. My computers an aging Gateway with a PIII 450... This might be an issue too. You could have a BIOS issue here, although I would not have expected that with a PIII. If the BIOS can't figure it out, it's unlikely that Linux or Windows will be happy. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
