On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 2:05 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 05 October 2003 05:24 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 5:47 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > Anything but Western Digital. Well documented problems with > > > shortcuts for crc error checking. The problems don't show up > > > in Windows, but Linux can stress the drive more causing the > > > problems to come out. Lot's of people, including me, have run > > > Linux on a WD drive without problem, but if you are buying new, > > > I'd steer clear and go to Maxtor or Seagate. > > > > If the existing drive is WD, don't panic. I understand that more > > modern WD drives don't have the problem, and while I wouldn't buy > > one, just in case, I would happily try out an existing one. Back > > up any existing data before you start, and you should have no > > problem. > > Thanks for clarifying Anne. You much more eloquently said what I > meant.
Greg, looking again, I don't think it needed clarifying <g>. Sorry - I was just trying to avoid that panic feeling that you get when you're a total newbie. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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