[Soekris] hard disk

[Henry Spencer]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Kim wrote:
> i bought a soekris net4801 just about two months ago, i have a 40 Go 
> disk on it. Last night,i had to halt the box because the hard disk was 
> making too much noise...
> ...When i rebooted the soekris this morning everything went fine but 
> i am a bit worried...

What sort of case are you using, and how is the hard disk mounted?  One
obvious possibility is that the drive is overheating.  (That would also
explain why it was fine after a rest.)  More ventilation may be needed.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry at spsystems.net