In article <jrsellec.720951453@syzygy>, 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
>
The Maxtor 7213a 213MB hd USED to have problems with non-msdos operating
systems. They have since upgraded the PROMS so that the problems are gone.
Since I still have the old prom version I don't know for sure that it works,
but Maxtor assured me that it does. (They are making me mail return my entire
hard drive for the PROM upgrade! Sucky policy but anyway..) If you want to be
safe when purchasing the drive, on the top side of it there is a label. In the
PCBA column is listed your PROM version. Make sure that the verion is at least
63 something. Mine is 52p1 if that helps any.
Luckily even though it does have problems they are not such that the
drive had any data loss (That I've noticed yet anyway..) During any drive
operation there are random occurances of "HD Timeout. Reseting HD" or something
like that. It take about 10-20 seconds per timeout and I've gotten as many as a
dozen while starting X windows. Quite annoying, but still usable.
