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- From: walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Walk)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: MAXTOR
- Message-ID: <Bx95Fq.993@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 16:50:12 GMT
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- krouth@slee01.srl.ford.com (Kevin Routh) writes:
-
- >jrsellec@socs.uts.edu.au (91066720 j r selleck) writes:
- >: was wondering if Linux gets along with a 213 Mb Maxtor Hd.
- >:
- >: I dont yet have linux or the HD as linux does fit on an 80 MB HD that
- >: has only 8 megs left after windows and games... :( Maybe I should get
- >: my priorites right ?!?!?
- >:
- >: Any way I was looking at getting a MAXTOR HD it is 213 Megs and has
- >: a 15 ms access time..`
- >: Thats about all I know about it, but I was hoping someone who uses
- >: both could tell me what they think..
- >:
- >: James
- >:
-
- >I have heard that the Maxtor 213 does not get along with other IDE
- >drives. You cannot mix it with a Seagate or a Conner IDE and have
- >them work together as master/slave. I know two cases where it didn't
- >work. Be careful! It is tempting with the price of the Maxtor drive.
-
- Just got mine about a week ago. Don't know about conflicts w/
- seagate and conner, but it's working fine w/ my 42MB western digital ide.
-
- One thing is that the maxtor is a new drive design, and may not
- work with many older (before about mid '89) drives and cards.
-
-
- Todd Walk
- walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
-