[aclug-L] Re: Warning about cheap Maxtor hds

[james l <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There were 2 problems.
1) my bios hates the drive, will not boot even when I say it is like 
1023,16,63 or so. So I hide it Type=None, and let Linux handle it.
2) they didn't print the real number of CHS, or rather the Cylinders, instead 
having their drive installation software handle it (which does not work with 
Linux). I had to call them to find it, after waiting for an hour, while they 
had training, or something.

I take most of it back, except the large, cheap and slow. And add that they 
can't count, and print what it really is out.

James L.


On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> John here has an excellent point.
>
> If your BIOS doesn't support large disks, you'll have many problems.
>
> Of course, I won't put it past Maxtor to make a bad drive... that's one of
> the things they're best at anyway =)
>
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 10:46:01AM -0500, John Alexander wrote:
> > Uh, are you sure your bios supports that big a drive? If not, it will
> > exhibit the symptoms you are reporting.
> >
> > ja
> >
> > james l wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > A 2 weeks or so back, My dad got a ~45 gig (41.9 really....) drive at
> > > compusa for ~200. I hadn't opened it until yesterday. When I put it in
> > > to my computer, it did not work. I thought ok, maybe I need to specify
> > > it as user. When I typed it in, it gave me a size of ~10 gig. I have a
> > > 10 gig (from the same company) for my computer, and thought maybe I had
> > > picked the wrong one, I which I hadn't. When I looked at the other
> > > drive I found the CHS to be exactly the same. I haven't taken it back
> > > yet (we bought their replacement thing, and if they don't, there may be
> > > some fireworks before the 4th), but I thought I would warn everyone.
> > > The drive was sealed in shrinkwrap from Maxtor. Oh yeah, it did not
> > > work at all.
> > >
> > > I hope that this is just one incident, but haveing it entirely packaged
> > > as it should have been causes me some concern that someone else might
> > > have been ripped off. I don't think that now even the fact that they
> > > are cheap and big (and slow) will make me buy Maxtor ever again.
> > >
> > > James L
> > >
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