On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:51:40 -0400, you wrote:
>I had __already__ gone thru a large batch of Google
>output based exactly on the criteria suggested.
>I found some reference to a patch, which is not
>the question I need answered. (How the heck can
>I install a patch if I can't install Linux on the
>drive in the first place?) I'm not really an
>"expert," but I thought that this was not a
>question for the newbie list. If someone knows the
>answer, I'd appreciate hearing from him or her.
>Thanx. --doug
You haven't mentioned the brand of the drive, but all manufacturers
(as far as I know) have a software utility to set the ATA/100 drive to
ATA/66 or ATA/33 if necessary. IBM, for instance, has an "ATA Switch
Utility" downloadable from their Web site which creates a bootable
floppy disk, so you don't need to have an OS installed to use it. Of
course, you MUST have SOME OS installed or you couldn't be emailing
this list.
Steve
Stephen B. Browne
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