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.
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