----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Loron" <peterl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For Core releases users of Fedora" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:08 AM Subject: Large HD support issues - clunk of death?
I've got a K7S5A Pro mobo. It has been running FC1 for quite a while with no issues. I wanted to run FC3 and have more space so I swapped out the 10GB disk and put in a Seagate ST3300831A 300GB unit. It was properly recognized during FC3 install. After completion of installation, I ran some updates via RHN and apt-get. No problems. After sitting idle for a few minutes, I did an 'ls' in the terminal. The drive made a "clunk" sound, the disk activity light came on, and the machine was locked up hard.
This basic scenario has repeated itself several times. Once while installing FC3 again, the clunk happened when I clicked Next after setting the NTP server.
Any ideas? Does this mobo and FC3 simply not play nice with this disk?
Thanks.
-Pete
Run diags from Seagate (Seatools, I think they're called). The clunk sound should not happen, I suspect you have a bad drive.
Thomas
Well, I ran the Seagate utility and the disk checked out fine. The same behavior replicated itself on another machine (different motherboard). Machine #2 has a 200GB drive in it with Windows that is fine. Also same behavior when plugged in to a Promise Ultra100TX IDE card in machine #1.
I swapped the drive out for a new one and the new one behaves the same. Grrr. An old 20GB Maxtor is working just dandy in machine #1.
Maybe it is some odd corner-case incomatability with that particular drive series, FC3, and my hardware?
Sigh.
-Pete
