Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:29:56 -0600 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: David Gethings <davidg@pipex.net>, Laszlo Vagner <freebsd@vagner.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FIXED: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021220082956.013b44a0@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <1040383122.28596.86.camel@trigger.highway.co.uk> References: <3E02FBEE.70207@vagner.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212141109270.11935-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> <1040375699.28596.79.camel@trigger.highway.co.uk> <3E02FBEE.70207@vagner.com>
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At 11:18 AM 12.20.2002 +0000, David Gethings wrote: >On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 11:15, Laszlo Vagner wrote: >> western digital is notorious for that, what brand are you using? >> >> just curious. >Maxtor something-or-other. > >Dg > Beware of Quantum Fireballs -- bought two of the 40GBers and the jumpers would NOT work properly -- according to the BIOS on several different machines tried. Had to do the opposite of the diagrams for mastering, but slaves would NOT work period on either one. One died after a couple of months -- brand new! Moved the "survivor" to a less-important machine to do test routine duties -- peeling potatoes and shelling peas! Never again.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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