Re: [iPAQ] Toshiba HDD question

> I read with terror the very same warning on my Tosh PCMCIA drive, but
> took the chance anyway. Its had ext[23], vfat and now resier on it -
> all quite happily.
>
> Go for it!

thanx, that is what i wanted to know.

i sent the same question to toshiba, here is their answer:

> Thank you for your enquiry. Please note that this drive is only supported
> under win 95 and higher.But this does not mean that it will not work under

> other operating systems. If you have a Linux enabler then you will be able

> to use this drive as you wish, naturally without any guaranty from us,
> that it will function a 100%.
>
> Please note that the warning for the win9xfdisk is not that it will damage

> the drive, it has to do with the fact that there is a bug in this fdisk
> and if used on our drive it will only show that it has 128mb until the
> next time it is partitioned.
>
> So you can use any partition tool which will work with PCMCIA cards, but
> just this one has this bug.
>
> I hope this helps.

so, just as i thougt, lose9x fdisk is dumb as brick

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