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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:58:51 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Travis Leuthauser <travis-lists@winconx.com>
Cc:        Cory.Wiggins@nokia.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing Hard Drive
Message-ID:  <39A410DB.5129A060@urx.com>
References:  <E39024226822D311BC880008C77318A1194176@oteis01nok> <018901c00d21$53364000$20503cd0@travis>

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Travis Leuthauser wrote:
> 
> Browsing Maxtor's web site, it appears that that is an IDE drive.  I
> personally had uncountable problems adding a 45G IDE to 3.5.  My only
> solution was to update to 4.X.  That is what I would suggest to you.  Others
> may have better experiences and/or advice.

The limit at 3.x was 33.x GB. There are some people that have trouble
with 4.x and Maxtor UDMA66's. I don't have a motherboards that
supports UDMA66 but IIRC, it was mostly on Via based motherboards.

Kent

> 
> Travis Leuthauser
> Network Administrator
> WinConX Online, Inc.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Cory.Wiggins@nokia.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 11:32 AM
> Subject: Installing Hard Drive
> 
> > I'm having problems installing a Maxtor 96147U8 60Gig hard drive on
> FreeBSD
> > 3.4  No matter what I try to do I can't change the geometry of the drive
> to
> > match it specs.  Any idea's how this can be done.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cory Wiggins
> >
> > Internet Commerce Enhancement (ICE)
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> > Kanata, Ontario, Canada, K2K 2X3
> > Phone: (613)271-6797, Fax: (613)271-2870
> > E-mail: cory.wiggins@nokia.com
> >
> >
> >
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