[Thinkpad] This is... interesting

[Bruce Markowitz]

Uh, are these SATA disks? I think most all of the new big ones are, and they
would not be compatible with an A31
Also, what is the file system? I don't think you can do FAT32 on a disk that
size.
This sounds like an incompatibility. Or it could be a bad drive.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres at msu.edu>
To: <thinkpad at stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 4:25 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] This is... interesting


>    I just upgraded my A31p to two 160G seagate disks, from
> two 120G disks.  In the process of copying all the data from
> the second 120G disk I started getting disk errors.  Ultimately
> I got 87G of 97G from that disk, but now I find that I can't
> have that disk in my system at all.  It locks the system up,
> and more weirdly, turning the system off and replacing
> the disk with the new one results in errors on the new disk(!).
> I've had to take the battery out and wait a few to get the
> system to reset itself and then everything is OK.
>
>    I found the Seatools diagnostic and it locks up after trying
> to test the bad disk.  It sees the disk geometry OK and all
> that but locks up as soon as a test occurs.
>
>    I'm not too concerned about the data loss, as the important
> stuff was saved.   But I'm really weirded out that the disk
> could effect the system across reboots.  Have others seen
> things like this?
>
>    Next will be seeing how hard it is getting a new disk from
> Seagate. Glad they have a 5 year warranty...
>
> --STeve Andre'
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