Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] Hard-drives and soundcard support
From: Ivica Bukvic (ico_AT_fuse.net)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2001 - 10:31:29 EET
> A Cautionary tale:
>
> I bought a pair of IBM 40's for my ASUS A7A266 motherboard. Mandrake
8.1
> would
> run weirdly for about a week, then I would have to reinstall it.
Windows
> 2000
> Pro declared them corrupt right of the bat and wouldn't load at all.
After
> three months of changing every jumper setting and BIOS option
available, I
> tried the "32 Meg clip" setting on the hard drives, everything works
fine
> now.
>
> I understand drive size is no obstacle for Linux operating systems,
> however it
> is an obstacle for some PIII motherboard BIOS's which can only handle
up
> to 32
> Gigs, I don't know if there's a way to go straight to the operating
system
> without the BIOS being involved, if there is I like to know about it,
as I
> have 16 Gigs of storage languishing in my machine.
>
> So beware. Bigger is not always better [insert tasteless joke here].
>
> Blair
Just a thought:
Have you tried updating Bios? That usually solves problems. I really
can't remember a single motherboard with that kind of hw limitation that
has been released in last couple of years (although I might be
mistaken).
Ico
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