Re: [PLUG] Reading an 80GB hard disk with Mandrake Linux

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

amenex@voicenet.com wrote:

> I'm certain that my main problem is that the disk was formatted
> with Maxtor's proprietary S/W, EZ-Bios.  How do I undo this S/W
> without botching the data ?  Alternatively, how do I tell Linux what
> file system to look for ?  
>  

You must use the EZ-BIOS utility to both install or remove the software. 
There shouldn't be anything unusual about the formatting.  EZ-BIOS just 
does some translating to allow the computer's real BIOS to handle a 
drive larger than it was designed for.

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