On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Douglas Federman wrote:
> 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.
I had a 1.6 GB Caviar drive to die with that horrible clicking
prior to its death.The computer was at 1992 vintage 486-33.
The WD Caviar 1.6 GB drives are reputed to be flakey. It was a
design flaw of some kind. They apparently rectivied the problem.
I bought a 2GB WD drive to replace it prior to submitting it to WD
for repair/replacement. WD replaced the 1.6 Gig drive without
question. The 2 GB drive is still running.
--David
David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
(Thanks guys!)
