Problems installing IBM HD. Help needed...

[doctorq]

Hi,

I'm trying to install an 2,5" IBM Travelstar DADA-26480 6.49 GB harddrive in my A1200D. Some how I can't get it installed.

This is what I have done. I powered up the computer and the drive starts spinning. I then load WB and HDToolBox (I even tried HDInstTools from Aminet). HDToolBox recognises the drive and I can partion the disk, but when I try to save my changes it says "-1 on write".

I even tried only to create a partion on the first 50 MB of the drive and get Workbench3.0 installed on it, but I can't get the drive to show up on my WB after a reset.

I also tried SFS as filesystem, I have used HDToolBox, AQ ToolBox and HDInstTools to prep the drive, but all progs hangs when I'm trying to save changes to drive. I can hear the drive writing something, but a requester pops up saying that it can't write my settings to the drive :-(

 Is the hdd broken, or is there something about installing 2,5" hdds I'm not aware of?

[Matt_H]

There have been lots of problems reported with IBM hard drives and Amigas. You might need Kick 3.1. Can you get any of the 4Gb+ utilities installed before setting up the drive?

[melott]

ummm.... I tried everything you tried and then some
on a 4.2 gig 3 1/2 in.  IBM drive......(used)
end result ...... I pitched it and swore I would NEVER
have another IBM drive.
But that was just my experience ..
Hope you have better luck.

Mel Ott

[Damion]

Hmmm, maybe the drive is harmed? I have a 15 gig
IBM Travelstar, and it's *very* quiet and works
well. I did have problems with erroneous
size values in HDToolbox, but I believe this
is common with the 1200 IDE.

IBM notebook drives are high quality products,
and there is no relation between them and the
infamous "DeathStars", so I find it strange
that you should be having problems. In any
case I hope you get it working.

[doctorq]

My thought was that the drive is broken becuase there are propably many similarities between installing a 9.1 GB SCSI hdd and a 6.5 GB IDE hdd.

I tried installing SFS and got it installed but still with the same result; I can't save my changes. I have only tried to install it on a Kick3.0 machine, but what difference should Kick3.1 do? It still has the 4+ GB barrier. Or am I wrong? It does here anyway.

I got the drive for free, and it came with the mailman, so mayby it has hads some bumps on its way. Mayby it's the reason that it is broken.