On 11/11/09 13:34, John Andersen wrote:
On 11/10/2009 04:52 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
However, the second Seagate appears to be OK, and I used it for my wife's computer last weekend to install 11.2. All went well, and she now has 11.2.
*But*, it takes forever for 11.2 to boot on her machine :-( . And after it does, the "HD in use" light remains ON.
Cabling and Bios Settings is my bet. It could also be that the disk drivers are not getting properly loaded the firs time you boot up in the morning due to the drives not being ready immediately, which again sounds like cabling and bios settings.
There may also be some jumpers on the drive, although you didn't mention what cable interface these drives use.
My concern now is: is there a problem with *this* Seagate HD which should also be replaced by the shop or is there something else which needs to be done to stop the "HD in use" light showing?
I'm betting you have two GOOD drives. Any chance of finding another computer to test these on?
Replying to something from "long past" :-) . Regrettably, no matter what I have patiently tried to do with these drives I cannot make them run a Linux system or XP :-( . Wiping the drives with the Seagate Sea Tools and allowing openSUSE, for example, to "do what-it-has-to-do" to install, with no manual configuration of partitions or where grug should go, gets it installed - but then on boot-up it takes something like 4+ minutes (my wife tells me) to boot. I replace the 160GB Seagate(s) with a 200GB Maxtor HD, which I bought last year for backups, and, without any altering anything, oS installs and boots up normally in about a minute. Now I am happy and my wife is happy :-) . The Seagates are going back for replacement early next year when I am again interstate. A bad batch I feel. BC -- If you don't succeed you run the risk of failure. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org