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From: jvmiller@zeno1.rdrc.rpi.edu (Jim Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Hard Disk Problems
Keywords: Supra 20meg, parking
Message-ID: <1989Oct16.160003.10763@rpi.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 89 16:00:03 GMT
Followup-To: jvmiller@rdrc.rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
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I have recently been having problems with my 20 meg Supra
hard disk on my Amiga 1000.  Upon mounting the disk, it repsonds
with "No partion table found" (or some such information).  I have
been able to get it to mount intermittently.  If it does mount, then
while the disk is in use, it will change speeds and decide that this
is a good time to park the disk.  It lets the disk coast to a stop and
of course locks up the computer.  I had the disk for about 2 1/2 years.
I had to send it back once (about a year after I bought it) because the
medium had gotten damaged.

I haven't gotten a chance to call Supra yet (I don't feel like being
without my harddisk for a month).  It seems to me that the controller
seems to be misinterpretting commands like "move" as "park".

Does anyone have any suggestions other than contacting Supra? 

Thanks,
Jimmy