Does QRTP really like ATA II hardrive??

Hi,

Since the beginning I have some problems with hardrive access on an
recent (4 months) HP Vectra with a Seagate Barracuda UltraATA II
ST315320A hard drive (15 gb).
Before patch A, I’ve often (2 or 3 times a week) experienced locked
states with the HD light on. Generally, the system wasn’t completely
locked but unable to find anything on disk.
Since patch A, I only got this problem two times.
Thursday, I’ve defined a cron entry to make a backup on Friday night.

This morning, I haven’t any backup made and my hard drive is dead!!

Any idea ??

Thanks,
Alain.






(I won’t go to bring an action against QNX, it’s not really the habit in
France ;o), I don’t know in Canada?)

What’s UltraATA II? All these different standards are giving
me a headache.

“Alain Bonnefoy” <alain.bonnefoy@icbt.com> wrote in message
news:3AAC9B22.74CA6720@icbt.com

Hi,

Since the beginning I have some problems with hardrive access on an
recent (4 months) HP Vectra with a Seagate Barracuda UltraATA II
ST315320A hard drive (15 gb).
Before patch A, I’ve often (2 or 3 times a week) experienced locked
states with the HD light on. Generally, the system wasn’t completely
locked but unable to find anything on disk.
Since patch A, I only got this problem two times.
Thursday, I’ve defined a cron entry to make a backup on Friday night.

This morning, I haven’t any backup made and my hard drive is dead!!

Any idea ??

Thanks,
Alain.






(I won’t go to bring an action against QNX, it’s not really the habit in
France ;o), I don’t know in Canada?)

Alain,

For what it’s worth I have always had problems with HP Vectras and QNX4/6.
They seem to have taken liberties with their IDE controller such that the
LBA & CHS sizes of the hard drive are not the same. It will run Windoze and
very little else. If I were you I would use it as a door stop or paperweight
or something;-)

Jim Douglas

“Alain Bonnefoy” <alain.bonnefoy@icbt.com> wrote in message
news:3AAC9B22.74CA6720@icbt.com

Hi,

Since the beginning I have some problems with hardrive access on an
recent (4 months) HP Vectra with a Seagate Barracuda UltraATA II
ST315320A hard drive (15 gb).
Before patch A, I’ve often (2 or 3 times a week) experienced locked
states with the HD light on. Generally, the system wasn’t completely
locked but unable to find anything on disk.
Since patch A, I only got this problem two times.
Thursday, I’ve defined a cron entry to make a backup on Friday night.

This morning, I haven’t any backup made and my hard drive is dead!!

Any idea ??

Thanks,
Alain.






(I won’t go to bring an action against QNX, it’s not really the habit in
France ;o), I don’t know in Canada?)

Mario Charest a écrit :

What’s UltraATA II? All these different standards are giving
me a headache.

I understand, I don’t really know, it’s what it’s written on the hd !!

Alain.

Jim Douglas a écrit :

Alain,

For what it’s worth I have always had problems with HP Vectras and QNX4/6.
They seem to have taken liberties with their IDE controller such that the
LBA & CHS sizes of the hard drive are not the same. It will run Windoze and
very little else. If I were you I would use it as a door stop or paperweight
or something;-)

Jim Douglas

Is it different on other machines ?
As I understood the CHS method is limited to 8GB, and LBA mode is used to extend
this capacity. No?

Alain.