Re: Worrying ATA problems.

2003-02-17 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-02-16 18:42:26 +: > Uhh, crap. I'm building PostgreSQL in the Linux VMware guest OS, > and the drive started making a bunch of sounds that can only be > described as being similar to taking a floppy out of the drive wh- > ile it's being written to. O

Re: Worrying ATA problems.

2003-02-16 Thread Trent Nelson
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 06:10:38PM +, Trent Nelson wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a new server for a little over three months now that's > started running into some worrying ata troubles. Uhh, crap. I'm building PostgreSQL in the Linux VMware guest OS, and the drive started making

Re: Worrying ATA problems.

2003-02-16 Thread Kenneth Culver
Are you sure the cable on your ad0 maxtor drive is ok? I'm asking because I had a problem with using some no-name ata cable instead of the one that came with the drive, and my problem was similar to yours. Ken On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Trent Nelson wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a new server for a lit

Worrying ATA problems.

2003-02-16 Thread Trent Nelson
Hi, I've had a new server for a little over three months now that's started running into some worrying ata troubles. The server is an Athlon XP 1800+, ASUS A7V8X M/B, 1GB PC2700 DDR RAM, 2x 60GB Maxtor (6Y060L0) HDDs. I've also purchased a ``Sil 0680 ATA133 controller'' that