The 32 GB Maximum comes from a Bug in the Award BIOS.  When a drive larger
than 32 GB
is attempted to be autodetected, the detection hangs and you'll have to
reboot the computer.
The last version of Award Bios (6.0) should have the fix, if not you'll need
to contact
you motherboard manufacturer for a Bios update.

I had this problem with a previous motherboard, the newer motherboard I have
now (Abit BE-6 2), it
picked up my 36GB like a charm.( My HD manufactoer came with a warning of
this limitation when I purchased
it so you might want to check your HD documentation or website for futher
information).


--Patrick Black

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Herbert Graf
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:41 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] 32GB Maximum?


> Is this true? If not, does anyone know what the maximum hard
> drive size that
> Win98 supports?

     AFAIK the FAT32 system that win98 uses supports drives up to the
terra-byte range, don't remember how much exactly, probably 4 terra-bytes
(since 2^32 is 4.29 billion) but I could be wrong. There have been numerous
bios and controller compatibilities that have created "Hard Drive size
barriers" but I've never heard of one at 32GB. TTYL

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wizard99 Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:30
> >
> > you need to get a patch cause i think win98
> > will only read up to 32gig drives. Jimmy Hodges
>
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