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[PLUG] Re: PLUG digest, Vol 1 #1299 - 15 msgs
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Some drives have a jumper for reducing its apparent capacity for
compatibility with older drive controllers or filesystems. You could also
try manually entering the CHS settings, but I would trust it.
> * A Western Digital Caviar 28400 8.4 GB IDE hard drive
> This bloody thing is detected as a 1 Gig drive by every BIOS in our
> office... if you can make it detect at it's proper size you deserve to own
> it. :-) even if it doesn't detect for you, it's still a very functional
> drive at 1 GB.
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