Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > This weekend, I tried installing the 20G IBM drive I picked up on > vacation, and I think it has serious problem s :( > > It chirps, which seems to come haveter a major (loud) move of the > heads. The bios can find the drive about half the time, and reports > possible geometry choices, the least number of cylinders being 2053 or > so.
You could try finding and running the IBM "Drive Fitness Test". It's on their web site somewhere and creates a bootable DOS floppy. You might need Windows to do that bit. When my 20GB IBM drive was misbehaving a few months ago I did this, and the test told me my drive was faulty. It's nice to be told that before going to the trouble of sending it back. Good luck, Paul
