maxtor drive issue

[Joel Hammer]

> > As an additional try, you might install Maxtor's EZbios software on
> > it. It is easy to remove, I think, if it doesn't do any good.
> 
> i can't see how that would improve anything.  Linux has no way of
> understanding EZBios.  if anything, its only going to add another variable
> and degree of complexity.
> 
> i'm still putting my money on dropping the drive to UDMA33 on a legacy IDE
> controller.
> 
I suggest ezbios because my third 80 meg maxtor drive has always worked fine
on ide1.
This is the only one of the three 80 gig drives on this machine that has
ezbios installed on it.
Joel