That's interesting ... I successfully partioned
a 40 GB HD with one 30 GB partition onto this
MB system (an Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard purchased
in late 1999) under Win '98 SE about a year ago ...

The "EZ-BIOS" that self-installed (after prompting
me!) during the execution of Maxtor's install utility
does seem to have seemlessly fixed the probklem and
the 60 GB disk is now up and running with one
large 60 GB partition.

I knew that WIn '95 had a drive-size limitation
and have had to break up larger drives into
smaller partitions.

I also installed it using a disk-drive 'rack and
frame' set, model number:

      SNT-169ATA3 ATA-100 (IDE)

"Mobile Rack" constructed of aluminum and containing
no less than 3 small cooling fans (2 front, 1 rear)!

I had researched this before purchasing and the manufacturer
had a website describing their product:

http://www.snt.com.tw/alu.htm

I bought it locally at Microcenter (USA retail 'brick
and mortar' store) even though these "Mobile Racks" are
available over the net from some vendors for less than
what I paid:

http://www.coolerexpress.com/snalremhddra.html

Jim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Buehler" <Martin.Buehler@ASCOM.CH>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: Antwort: Re: [OT]: WIN-98SE


> but this is a mainboard problem. older bios allow hd's only up to 8gb. for
> larger hd's you need the ez-bios or something similar.
> tino
>
>
>
>
>
> Jim <jvpoll@DALLAS.NET>
> Gesendet von: pic microcontroller discussion list <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> 28.05.02 01:50
> Bitte antworten an pic microcontroller discussion list
>
>
>         An:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>         Kopie:
>         Thema:  Re: [OT]: WIN-98SE
>
>
> I also experienced a problem installing a 60 GB
> HD as one partition under Win '98 SE - until I
> allowed the Maxtor utility to install it's
> "EZ-BIOS".
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Dammeyer" <johnd@AUTOARTISANS.COM>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT]: WIN-98SE
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> >  I recall that there was some sort of memory limitation with WIN-98.  No
> > more than 256MB and anything more than that the OS wouldn't recognize.
> > Is this true?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John Dammeyer
> >
>

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