RE: [560] Lockup during boot with new 20Gb HD

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From: James H. E. Maugham (James.H.Maugham_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2001 - 21:13:00 EST

Too big a drive for that poor, old Thinkpad. Download the Linux version of Disk
Manager 2000 from:
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/support/download.htm#Installation read the
instructions here: http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/support/dm2klinux.htm

Regards,

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl-Petter Akesson [mailto:kalle_at_sics.se]
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:27 PM
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: [560] Lockup during boot with new 20Gb HD
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just found this list and I hope someone can provide me with some info
> about my problem.
>
> An old 560 servers as a FTP server here. Had the original drive in when
> I installed FreeBSd and the FTP server. Everything has worked fine for
> quite some time. THough I started to run out of disk space:-)
>
> So I ordered a new 20Gb HD to solve that. Though the problem is that it
> some how locks my thinkpad. After have mounted the HD in the laptop, I
> turn on the power, see teh IBM and ThinkPad Logo. Hear the beep but then
> nothing else happens.
>
> I pressed F1 and entered the config and tested the drive, no problems
> reported. Tried to connect it with an adapter to my PC, worked just fine
> and I formatted it without any problems. So hte HD seems to be ok!
>
> So what is wrong? Is it to large to work with the TP560? Another idea
> was that it consumes to much power? Any help is very welcome!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kalle

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