[ltp] 250GB disk in T43, anyone?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Tino Keitel wrote:
> It works in a T43 so far. However, you get a warning at each power on
> because the BIOS detects a hard disk with an unknown firmware. The T43
> use PATA disks on a SATA port. It is possible that unknown firmware
> cause errors with such a setup, so you get a warning. Google for "error
> 2010" for more details.

Actually, we have found that it is far more the lack of HDAPS and the full
security command set that bothers the BIOS than anything else (IBM patches
those into the firmware of any disks that lack them, often removing
something else to make space for them :p).  Enough people never had any
issues with random disks plugged to that PATA/SATA port, that it looks like
it is safe.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh