Jeffrey J. Nonken on Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:56:09 -0400


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


On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:18:46 -0400, Paul wrote:
>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.
>

Old stuff here, Paul. His system BIOS sees the drive just fine.


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