Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 1997 16:39:20 -0500 | From | nerull <> | Subject | Re: IDE Disk Problems |
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Allen Brady Montz wrote: > > Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@veriweb.com> writes: > > > > > I had the same _exact_ problem with an 810M drive. It was because the > > drive was a piece of junk. I know many people who have had similar > > problems, even on non-linux machines, with Western Digital drives. > > I imagine their testing labs used the equivalent of a DOS box to test > > with. > > > > - -- > > =-----------------------------------------------------------------------= > > Jeremey Barrett VeriWeb Internet Corp. > > Senior Software Engineer http://www.veriweb.com/ > > > > PGP Key fingerprint = 3B 42 1E D4 4B 17 0D 80 DC 59 6F 59 04 C3 83 64 > > =-----------------------------------------------------------------------= > > Me too. Same drive, same error messages, same horrible death > noises. Fortunately, I was able to read the drive just long enough to get all > of my stuff off of it. And I mean literally. Piece of shit. It was noisy in > life, and worse in death.
I have a seagate 1.25 gig drive with the same problem, only without the clanking, and an IBM drive with the same. I don't think it's just WD drives.
nerull@home.virtual-pc.com
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