Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
By "failed" I mean it physically broke. After 2 years of use, the drive failed for the first time. My distributor sent me a new one (after about 4 months waiting!), and this one failed after only a few months. In the lead-up to the failure I had many bad blocks cropping up. It made clunky and high-pitched scratchy noises. It sounded as if the drive arm could not keep itself up and it kept falling down, scraping something in the process. My third drive appears to be working fine after a few months of use, but I'm being cautious... On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:35, Jeff wrote: On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote: That's funny... My 12GB Bigfoot TX drive has failed on me *twice* this year, taking a lot of data with it (although I was more prepared the second time round). Fortunately, I am under warranty until June 2001. On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:18, Jeff wrote: On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? Iv'e been using a Quantum bigfoot 12.7 gig hd since Slackware 3.5 till Mandrake 7.2 (now). Never had any problems. At one point it booted Win98, BeOS, Slack 7, and Mandrake 7.0. Besides being a tight fit it all worked well for me. Now it's just running 7.2 beta (a few package revisions short of official) and all is well. Hope this helps you. When you say failed do you mean the drive just quit working? I havent had anything like that happen to me (same drive) and my drive is around 2 years old. I dont think it would make a difference but this drive came factory with an hp pc. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "One World, One Web, One Programme." - Microsoft Promotional Ad. "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer." - Adolf Hitler
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote: That's funny... My 12GB Bigfoot TX drive has failed on me *twice* this year, taking a lot of data with it (although I was more prepared the second time round). Fortunately, I am under warranty until June 2001. On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:18, Jeff wrote: On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? Iv'e been using a Quantum bigfoot 12.7 gig hd since Slackware 3.5 till Mandrake 7.2 (now). Never had any problems. At one point it booted Win98, BeOS, Slack 7, and Mandrake 7.0. Besides being a tight fit it all worked well for me. Now it's just running 7.2 beta (a few package revisions short of official) and all is well. Hope this helps you. When you say failed do you mean the drive just quit working? I havent had anything like that happen to me (same drive) and my drive is around 2 years old. I dont think it would make a difference but this drive came factory with an hp pc.
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
I work in a company that has about 25-35 computers with quantum 3.0 gigs and I have owned both a 4.3 and 3.0 gig drives without problems myself. I can not say that about other companys... James Boeck From: Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:35:37 -0500 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote: That's funny... My 12GB Bigfoot TX drive has failed on me *twice* this year, taking a lot of data with it (although I was more prepared the second time round). Fortunately, I am under warranty until June 2001. On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:18, Jeff wrote: On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? Iv'e been using a Quantum bigfoot 12.7 gig hd since Slackware 3.5 till Mandrake 7.2 (now). Never had any problems. At one point it booted Win98, BeOS, Slack 7, and Mandrake 7.0. Besides being a tight fit it all worked well for me. Now it's just running 7.2 beta (a few package revisions short of official) and all is well. Hope this helps you. When you say failed do you mean the drive just quit working? I havent had anything like that happen to me (same drive) and my drive is around 2 years old. I dont think it would make a difference but this drive came factory with an hp pc. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
That's funny... My 12GB Bigfoot TX drive has failed on me *twice* this year, taking a lot of data with it (although I was more prepared the second time round). Fortunately, I am under warranty until June 2001. On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:18, Jeff wrote: On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? Iv'e been using a Quantum bigfoot 12.7 gig hd since Slackware 3.5 till Mandrake 7.2 (now). Never had any problems. At one point it booted Win98, BeOS, Slack 7, and Mandrake 7.0. Besides being a tight fit it all worked well for me. Now it's just running 7.2 beta (a few package revisions short of official) and all is well. Hope this helps you. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "One World, One Web, One Programme." - Microsoft Promotional Ad. "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer." - Adolf Hitler
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
That's it. I'm buying a large Quantum drive but will my older BIOS support it? Roman James Boeck wrote: I work in a company that has about 25-35 computers with quantum 3.0 gigs and I have owned both a 4.3 and 3.0 gig drives without problems myself. I can not say that about other companys... James Boeck From: Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:35:37 -0500 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote: That's funny... My 12GB Bigfoot TX drive has failed on me *twice* this year, taking a lot of data with it (although I was more prepared the second time round). Fortunately, I am under warranty until June 2001. On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:18, Jeff wrote: On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? Iv'e been using a Quantum bigfoot 12.7 gig hd since Slackware 3.5 till Mandrake 7.2 (now). Never had any problems. At one point it booted Win98, BeOS, Slack 7, and Mandrake 7.0. Besides being a tight fit it all worked well for me. Now it's just running 7.2 beta (a few package revisions short of official) and all is well. Hope this helps you. When you say failed do you mean the drive just quit working? I havent had anything like that happen to me (same drive) and my drive is around 2 years old. I dont think it would make a difference but this drive came factory with an hp pc. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
I'm feeling better already. Roman "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Romanator wrote: I have finally decided to stay away from Windows. If all goes well, I'll be Windose free by the end of the week. Yes!! -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Congratulations Roman. I'm sure you'll not regret your decision...I know I didn't! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
RE: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
it don't sound like a BIOS prob. old BIOS's just allow upto 8.4 gb of drive to be used. it sounds like linux can't recognise yer drive, try another flavour! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Romanator Sent: 29 October 2000 15:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives That's all right. I've tried to install 7.0 with no success. I've pretty well given up on this computer. Roman Vic wrote: Whups sorry about that dude, I shouldda specified that I have a 10Gb running in 7.0-2 I'm was just afraid to upgrade to 7.1 or beyond, I heard a rumour in a newsgroup and wondered if it were true or only a rumour. Thanx On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Romanator wrote: Do you think it may be an old BIOS? I'm having a terrible time configuring a Fujitsu 10Gig. I think Dell never tested anything over 8 Gig. Roman "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Vic wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what? I think Western Digital is the only ones that have problems (sometimes). The latest issue of Linux Jounal talks about it. Note that, after saying that, I've got a 10 gig WDC in my 'Nix box, and AFAIK, have had no problems (yet). ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
That's all right. I've tried to install 7.0 with no success. I've pretty well given up on this computer. Roman Vic wrote: Whups sorry about that dude, I shouldda specified that I have a 10Gb running in 7.0-2 I'm was just afraid to upgrade to 7.1 or beyond, I heard a rumour in a newsgroup and wondered if it were true or only a rumour. Thanx On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Romanator wrote: Do you think it may be an old BIOS? I'm having a terrible time configuring a Fujitsu 10Gig. I think Dell never tested anything over 8 Gig. Roman "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Vic wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what? I think Western Digital is the only ones that have problems (sometimes). The latest issue of Linux Jounal talks about it. Note that, after saying that, I've got a 10 gig WDC in my 'Nix box, and AFAIK, have had no problems (yet). ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
Hey Daniel, I'll be looking at another drive. Maxtor sounds good. I've just tried installing Redhat 6.1 and the installation indicated that the partitition table is corrupt on hdd. I juts ran a fdisk /MBR. Hopefully, that will fix it. However, I going to buy System Commander to keep track of the different OS's on the drive. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Daniel wrote: it don't sound like a BIOS prob. old BIOS's just allow upto 8.4 gb of drive to be used. it sounds like linux can't recognise yer drive, try another flavour! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Romanator Sent: 29 October 2000 15:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives That's all right. I've tried to install 7.0 with no success. I've pretty well given up on this computer. Roman Vic wrote: Whups sorry about that dude, I shouldda specified that I have a 10Gb running in 7.0-2 I'm was just afraid to upgrade to 7.1 or beyond, I heard a rumour in a newsgroup and wondered if it were true or only a rumour. Thanx On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Romanator wrote: Do you think it may be an old BIOS? I'm having a terrible time configuring a Fujitsu 10Gig. I think Dell never tested anything over 8 Gig. Roman "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Vic wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what? I think Western Digital is the only ones that have problems (sometimes). The latest issue of Linux Jounal talks about it. Note that, after saying that, I've got a 10 gig WDC in my 'Nix box, and AFAIK, have had no problems (yet). ;-) -- /\ DarkLord
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? Iv'e been using a Quantum bigfoot 12.7 gig hd since Slackware 3.5 till Mandrake 7.2 (now). Never had any problems. At one point it booted Win98, BeOS, Slack 7, and Mandrake 7.0. Besides being a tight fit it all worked well for me. Now it's just running 7.2 beta (a few package revisions short of official) and all is well. Hope this helps you.
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
Cool thanks dude! :) Iv'e been using a Quantum bigfoot 12.7 gig hd since Slackware 3.5 till Mandrake 7.2 (now). Never had any problems. At one point it booted Win98, BeOS, Slack 7, and Mandrake 7.0. Besides being a tight fit it all worked well for me. Now it's just running 7.2 beta (a few package revisions short of official) and all is well. Hope this helps you.
[newbie] Quantum hard drives
Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what?
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
Vic wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what? I think Western Digital is the only ones that have problems (sometimes). The latest issue of Linux Jounal talks about it. Note that, after saying that, I've got a 10 gig WDC in my 'Nix box, and AFAIK, have had no problems (yet). ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
No problem with Quantum IDE but I am having a terrible time with Fujitsi 10 Gig. on an older Dell Dimension XPS 200 MMX ala 1997. Roman Vic wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what?
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
Do you think it may be an old BIOS? I'm having a terrible time configuring a Fujitsu 10Gig. I think Dell never tested anything over 8 Gig. Roman "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Vic wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what? I think Western Digital is the only ones that have problems (sometimes). The latest issue of Linux Jounal talks about it. Note that, after saying that, I've got a 10 gig WDC in my 'Nix box, and AFAIK, have had no problems (yet). ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] Quantum hard drives
Whups sorry about that dude, I shouldda specified that I have a 10Gb running in 7.0-2 I'm was just afraid to upgrade to 7.1 or beyond, I heard a rumour in a newsgroup and wondered if it were true or only a rumour. Thanx On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Romanator wrote: Do you think it may be an old BIOS? I'm having a terrible time configuring a Fujitsu 10Gig. I think Dell never tested anything over 8 Gig. Roman "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Vic wrote: Hello list Has anyone had any trouble with their large (mine is 10Gb) Quantum ide drives with Mandrake 7.1 and above? I am running 7.0-2 and am afraid to upgrade, I don't know whether it was just rumour on the newsgroup or what? I think Western Digital is the only ones that have problems (sometimes). The latest issue of Linux Jounal talks about it. Note that, after saying that, I've got a 10 gig WDC in my 'Nix box, and AFAIK, have had no problems (yet). ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
