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Post #119,546
by deSitter
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9/30/03 11:12:13 AM
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New Re: Right now I don't need help
I've often suspected that drives need a burn-in period of light activity to seat the head bearings under real-world conditions. All metal bearings have an initial adjustment period - so for example if you drive your new car too hard in the first 1000 miles or so, you'll shorten its life by half.

The first thing you did was install 10 operating systems - that means a LOT of head motion in the early life of the drive. Also, how you mount the drive determines if work against gravity is going on. The tolerances are so tiny that even the slightest unnecessary stress should be avoided. Third - are you sure the ancient OS/2 DASD interface didn't overstress the drive by doing something stupid like fucking up the interleave?

Next time, install Windows and live with it for a month, then start tinkering.
-drl
Post #119,576
by jake123
9/30/03 2:28:48 PM
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New OS/2 DASD interface
Trust me, it didn't. The worst that might happen if he's using one from about 97 or so would be a failure to partition due to not recognising the size of the drive properly.

In fact, OS/2 on HPFS is probably one of the easiest systems on drive hardware out there.
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     I have a not-so-pretty view of this. - (inthane-chan) - (17) - Sept. 29, 2003, 11:31:15 PM EDT
         I have to agree - (kmself) - Sept. 30, 2003, 06:40:23 AM EDT
         Agreed. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Sept. 30, 2003, 07:32:15 AM EDT
             Right now I don't need help - (orion) - (2) - Sept. 30, 2003, 11:02:31 AM EDT
                 Re: Right now I don't need help - (deSitter) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2003, 11:12:13 AM EDT
                     OS/2 DASD interface - (jake123) - Sept. 30, 2003, 02:28:48 PM EDT
         Thane, a tip: Edit lets you change the Subject line, too. - (CRConrad) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2003, 07:36:34 AM EDT
             Well, yes... - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 1, 2003, 11:03:16 AM EDT
         Warning: Two (2) occupant limit, riding my ass. - (folkert) - (9) - Sept. 30, 2003, 11:50:48 AM EDT
             Apology accepted (new thread) - (orion) - Sept. 30, 2003, 01:21:13 PM EDT
             Re: Warning: Two (2) occupant limit, riding my ass. - (kmself) - Sept. 30, 2003, 07:35:28 PM EDT
             Groovy. - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 1, 2003, 11:03:27 AM EDT
             fuckem, I thought it was funny - (boxley) - Oct. 2, 2003, 08:26:30 PM EDT
             Not to worry - (Ashton) - (4) - Oct. 3, 2003, 02:21:17 AM EDT
                 For the record... - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Oct. 3, 2003, 09:49:06 AM EDT
                     Ahem, - (boxley) - (2) - Oct. 3, 2003, 11:54:48 PM EDT
                         Not even. - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 4, 2003, 12:40:09 AM EDT
                         Fucking Mollycoddling - - (Ashton) - Oct. 4, 2003, 01:23:36 AM EDT

Thank you for making a simple LRPD very happy.
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