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Subject: Re: [aclug-L] Maxtor 10GB HDD requires Win95??
From: Bob Deep <bobd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 07:42:10 -0600
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Brian J. Chapman wrote:
> 
> At 04:37 PM 11/10/98 -0600, Thomas Wallis wrote:
> >       As far as I know, the stock Windows 95 original version has
> > trouble with drives over 8.4G.  You need Windows 95 OSR2 to make it
> work.
> > I just put a 12G EIDE hard drive on a friend's Win95 machine.  Win95
> > didn't see more than 8.4G.  Linux saw it all.
> 
> hmm...now that makes sense since it specified that it must be a full
> version of 95 and not the upgrade. (even though i would think that not all
> full installs are OSR2)...oh well, i guess if it doesn't work i can always
> return it.  :-)
> 

Be sure to do it within 10 days... They get a bit picky about stuff they
get back after that.

-= bob =-
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