Messages in this thread | | | From | Pete Harlan <> | Subject | Re: FS Corruption (IDE DMA) (bigfoot) | Date | Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:17:58 -0500 (CDT) |
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> > > I've heard previously of Quantum Bigfoots causing trouble, they are worth > > > investigating for the blacklist.
Someone said that the Bigfoot's geometry is often not detected properly by BIOSes, so has to be entered manually. After taking that advice, we've not had any problems with them except when they arrive dead. (Which the bios does detect properly...)
-- Pete Harlan harlan@pointofchoice.com http://www.artselect.com Let's use Joe Camel for the default bootlogo.
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