geometry     = 30515/255/63, sectors = 490234752, start = 0

/dev/hde:

Model=Maxtor 6B250R0, FwRev=BAH41BM0, SerialNo=<...>
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: (null): 

* signifies the current active mode

Hmm... that puzzles me, although for no other reason than I'm not familiar 
with how Maxtor drives report themselves.  Having the BIOS-reported LBA 
sectors not equal to the OS-reported geometry may not be a problem, but 
I must defer to the experts on that one.  

As an FYI just in case, the new libata-based driver will treat your drives 
as SCSI drives, so you'll see the drives as sda, sdb, and so forth instead of
hd?.  

Good luck!

Drew