maxtor drive issue

[Richard R. Sivernell]

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 07:57:42 -0400
dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:

> need a workaround here.
> 
> my baby sister in wisconsin just got a machine with the specific 
> intent of installing linux; distro she chose was suse 8.0; it's her 
> first linux install. the problem is that machine came with a maxtor 
> ata-133 drive, a D740X. the install gets to "probing hard drives" and 
> there it stops, probing the hard drive forever. the suse database 
> refers to a problem with installing 7.3 to these drives, but nothing 
> on 8.0. a post to the suse list gleaned the knowledge that a.) it 
> cannot be installed on these drives; b.) that it installs on these 
> drives just fine; c.) that it can be installed on these drives but is 
> difficult and if udma is later enabled it won't boot. in short, all 
> the possibilities, just about.
> 
> anybody know anything about these drives and whether it's a 
> suse-specific problem, whether there's a reliable workaround, or 
> whether the drive needs to go back?
> -- 
> dep
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DEP

  What does fdisk/cfdisk say about the partitions. How large is the drive, may
need 
to break it into a couple of primary drives. I have a couple of those drives
@5400 rpm
30 40 & a 60 g each. I have had no problems.

cheers

-- 
Rick Sivernell
Dallas, Texas  75287
972 306-2296
res005ru at gte.net
Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1
Registered Linux User

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