> > I have experienced the death of 2 new WD Caviar drives after installing and > running Debian Linux. Each drive started with a clicking noise, several > weeks later read errors appeared and now completely dead. WD replaced the > first drive without question. Before I replace the second, could Linux be > causing this? The machine is a Gateway P-II 350. >
Had this happen in Windows too. But theoretically, yes it could be a flaw in the ide code not handling a WD exception case. However lots of people use WD's and few report problems.