Hello Roy.

30 Aug 03 12:06, you wrote to me:

 RT> Not bad.  Right now I'm seeing stuff under 1G selling for around that
 RT> price.  I was real tempted,  last time I was in that store,  to snag a
 RT> few of those under-1G drives just to have on hand for messing around.
 RT> But then I already have a few of those smaller drives on hand here,
 RT> and don't really *need* any more.  Maybe if I wait a while the price
 RT> will drop some more.  :-)  OTOH,  maybe they'll be gone,  but that's
 RT> no big deal one way or the other.

That happens.

 RT> I've noticed that.  But you have some specific projects in mind,  and
 RT> I don't.

A couple.  Mind you they all seem to tie into each other somehow or
another.  That is handy when it happens.

 RT> What,  that's supposed to be a problem?  I'm aiming somewhat higher
 RT> than that,  here,  and on Socket 7 mostly.

It is most definetly a problem.  However, it can be gotten around if you're
using Linux.  I know OS/2, DOS, and Windows cannot handle it.  They are far
too married to the BIOS.

 RT> I did finally hit their site yesterday,  but couldn't get a response
 RT> out of any of the download spots.  Too busy,  I guess.  I may have
 RT> another go at it later.  But then there's the details of upgrading,
 RT> etc. which we're probably better off taking up elsewhere.

I doubt you'll find too many upgrades for 8.1.  You shouldn't have to
upgrade but if you want ext3 to behave better then e2fsprogs should be
upgraded.  I'd also recommend pkgtools as the new one is a tad better. 
Other then that you should be fine.  Maybe USB if that is an issue.

Maurice

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