maxtor drive issue

[Gary Wilson]

don't know the answer on suse, but i haven't been able to install
redhat 7.3 or 7.2 on one of them. solved my problem by replacing the
drive.

gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "dep" <dep at linuxandmain.com>
To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 7:57 AM
Subject: maxtor drive issue


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?
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dep

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