Re: [Thinkpad] Hitachi travelstar 60 GB HDD and A31

What OS is running on these laptops?

Is this a logical drive or a primary drive?

Is the second hdd used simply for storage?

----- Original Message -----
From: "ttje koubar" <ttje@koubar.nl>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 5:03 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Hitachi travelstar 60 GB HDD and A31

> Hi,
>
> I just bought the 60 GB Travelstar HDD for replacing the 30gb drive in
> my thinkpad model A31. I use the ultrabay for preparing the drive and
> copying the partitions. The drive will not work because the A31 is not
> able to see the 255 logical heads of the drive but sees only 240
> logical heads. My other laptop, A T30, can use the drive without
> problems. A low level format, suggested by the Hitachi helpdesk, indeed
> formats the drive on the A31 with 240 logical heads and the drive works
> ok. But then it gives problems on the T30 because that system sees the
> drive with 255 logical heads. The error indicates that the partitions
> do not start on cylinder/head boundary.
>
> Is this a bios bug? Does it work as 'designed'? What can I do to
> enforce that both systems can use the drive in the ultrabay?
>
> Thanks in advance, Tom Koudstaal
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