VWWall <vwall@DEADearthlink.net> wrote:
> George Hester wrote:
>> Ok got it the report is very big. But what I will do is just post
>> the parts that have to do with the drive in question:
>>
>> --------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys,
> [big snip of report]
>> --------[ Debug - Video
>> BIOS
>> ]----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------------
>>
>> C000:0000 U.@..7400............S....f.m.IBM VGA Compatible BIOS.
>> ..f..a...
>> C000:0040 ....STB PowerGraph 64 Video (TRIO64V+) Enhanced VGA
>> BIOS. Versio
>> C000:0080 n 1.5..Copyright 1987-1992 Phoenix Technologies
>> Ltd.............

> This looks like a very old BIOS. Is it?


That is the video bios. Not relevant to LBA48

> What date do you see on boot-up?

> What size are the disks in question? What size are the partitions?
> Looks like the WD is 60GB and the Maxtor 320GB.

> A BIOS that old must be LBA28.

Nope, not when its the video bios.

> I'm wondering if the problem came from overwriting one of the partitions. This can happen if you
> attempt to use a drive >137GB, (128GiB), on an old LBA28 BIOS, by making smaller partitions.

What matters is whether he has LBA48 from the 2K service pack or not.