=== On Thu, 09/24, walt wrote: === > In other words, disk manufacturers have apparently decided to abandon > strict quality control in favor of low price, and seem happy to > replace failed drives as a substitute for quality control. It must > be a profitable strategy because they all seem to be doing it. ===
Yes, it's kind of sad. But I guess it makes some sense due the pace of innovation they become obsolete before they usually break. For example, I have some IBM Deskstar disks that are really high quality. They have been running non-stop for 10 years now! It's really amazing. However, they are "only" 9 GB disks that won't even hold a full bells-and-wistles Gentoo installation. -- Keith Dart -- -- -------------------- Keith Dart <ke...@dartworks.biz> =======================
