I spent a lot of time using an amptron 66 bus p1 susyem at 120 mhz. 430 chipset. it had a 128k ram limit and it disliked many of the larger dimms. It almost choked on my 10.2 g hard drive. but win 98 was not too bad.
I Graduated to an asus pcb slot 1 system a bit beyond the scope of this forum and then to a newer system, and eventually kicking and screaming to 2000 and then xp. first bump was when I bought my NEW BIG 160gb hard drive, Having leaned that fdisk with 98 even the newer one really did not like anything above 40g ( they claim 60g) I partitioned the drive 40 x 4,
the first three were ok but after a lot of trouble. I was alerted to the 137g limit and 48lba.
By this time I was using w 2000 and later xp.
here's the problem:
it installs from a floppy. there are NO docs. When do you install it? after? no the drive is not recognized
BEFORE ? there is no registry.
I suspect you keep the floppy in A: and install it during setup
BUT I AM NOT SURE,
It is strange that a utility is provided with no method of how to install it.
I may try with a less than trustworthy 160g drive and another pc to see how it works
HAS anyone used it or been successful.?
I am about to re activate My Tyan trinity s1590 system not that I have pc100 dimms in a bag. I need a system to test parts and this one is a good choice. But I will be re visiting some of these older issues including lack of 48lba addressing
A hint: most mb with SATA already have 48lba support and DO NOT have the 137 gb barrier.
" maxtor big drive enabler"
I Graduated to an asus pcb slot 1 system a bit beyond the scope of this forum and then to a newer system, and eventually kicking and screaming to 2000 and then xp. first bump was when I bought my NEW BIG 160gb hard drive, Having leaned that fdisk with 98 even the newer one really did not like anything above 40g ( they claim 60g) I partitioned the drive 40 x 4,
the first three were ok but after a lot of trouble. I was alerted to the 137g limit and 48lba.
By this time I was using w 2000 and later xp.
here's the problem:
it installs from a floppy. there are NO docs. When do you install it? after? no the drive is not recognized
BEFORE ? there is no registry.
I suspect you keep the floppy in A: and install it during setup
BUT I AM NOT SURE,
It is strange that a utility is provided with no method of how to install it.
I may try with a less than trustworthy 160g drive and another pc to see how it works
HAS anyone used it or been successful.?
I am about to re activate My Tyan trinity s1590 system not that I have pc100 dimms in a bag. I need a system to test parts and this one is a good choice. But I will be re visiting some of these older issues including lack of 48lba addressing
A hint: most mb with SATA already have 48lba support and DO NOT have the 137 gb barrier.
" maxtor big drive enabler"
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