Re: What is best hard drive for Linux?
On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 10:05, GCS wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:06:05AM -0500, Thomas H. George <xyz@spininternet.com> wrote:
> > Operating Systems Supported
> > WARNING!
> > Using an operating system not listed below could result in data loss.
> >
> > followed by a list of Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
> >
> > If I had known this I would never have purchased the Western Digital
> > drive and, needless to say, I will never purchase another. I proceeded
> > to format it with ext2 partitions using my Debian CD's and have not
> > noticed any problems. Why would they say such a thing?
> All I can remember that some old win$ os-es (fe win$98) switched off
> too soon either the machine or the disk that it could not really write
> out data from it's (big) cache. Also, they may refer to the SMART
> capability of the drive, meaning one os which can not monitor it, may
> not warn you in time that the disk is going to be fault. No other idea
> beyond those.
>
> > What should I
> > buy next time?
> I have a lot of different IDE and SCSI dics under Linux: Quantum,
> Western Digital, Fujitsu, Seagate, IBM, Compay, you name it. Never had
> any problems with them...
>
> Cheers,
> GCS
>
Yes, hard drives are not an issue old or new: seagate,maxtor,western
digital, fujitsu.
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