Re: [expert] New h/drive
Civileme wrote: > Seagate is good for certain chipsets, but I have observed signal reflections on > i810, VIA MVP3, and MVP4, Intel 430 TX, and ALi Aladdin V under Pentium code. The > problem is highly pronounced with TX chipsets, resulting in corrupt data that > appears to write OK and is totally unreadable when the TX chipset is clocked at 75 > MHz (as for a Cyrix processor). I did get "lost interrupt" errors on a very > modern i810 with a Celeron 400 and a Barracuda 10.2G. Windows, FreeBSD, and such > loaded fine, but Stampede, Enoch and Mandrake could not even install. (All were > processor optimised) Mandrake 486 could run this with only occasional reports of > disk errors. > > Civileme I've had good luck so far with my Celeron 466 with i810 chipset and a Quantum "Fireball" 10 gig. drive on Mandrake 7. vern
Re: [expert] New h/drive
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Ted Wager wrote: > >> Iam buying a new h/drive for my machine.It has a Maxtor in at the moment but > > > I need another drive...I know Ican read the h/ware howtos but they are not so > > > up to date..Any info on recommended drives or ones to steer clear of other > > > than Western Digital would be welcome... > Hi.. > Thanks to all who offered advice on the drive...A local vendor has offered me a > Samsung and a Fujitsu to try out... FWIW my new Fujitsu is the quietest drive I have. I had one of their drives die a year or so a go and it was promptly replaced, hassle free, w/ 1 call to Fujitsu on an 800 #.
Re: [expert] New h/drive
>> Iam buying a new h/drive for my machine.It has a Maxtor in at the moment but > > I need another drive...I know Ican read the h/ware howtos but they are not so > > up to date..Any info on recommended drives or ones to steer clear of other > > than Western Digital would be welcome... Hi.. Thanks to all who offered advice on the drive...A local vendor has offered me a Samsung and a Fujitsu to try outHe intends to start selling machines preloaded with linux and will let me have the drives to try out...I do have a couple of Samsung drives in this machine so hope they will be ok but there again it is not costing me anything !! Regarding Civileme's comments on Stampede...I had problems loading that on the boxes here but I took it to work and tried it out on a H/P box and it went ok first time...Did not get a chance to look inside the box and as I retired the next day will never find out the spec. Regards Ted Ted Wager..Definite Linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
Re: [expert] New h/drive
> Seagate is good for certain chipsets, but I have observed signal reflections on > i810, VIA MVP3, and MVP4, Intel 430 TX, and ALi Aladdin V under Pentium code. The > problem is highly pronounced with TX chipsets, resulting in corrupt data that > appears to write OK and is totally unreadable when the TX chipset is clocked at 75 > MHz (as for a Cyrix processor). I did get "lost interrupt" errors on a very > modern i810 with a Celeron 400 and a Barracuda 10.2G. There's the i820 intermittent reboot issue. Has anyone got this problem?
Re: [expert] New h/drive
Mark Griebling wrote: > Seagate man, Seagate! > > Later, > > At 07:38 AM 6/8/00 +0100, Ted Wager wrote: > > Hi... > I am buying a new h/drive for my machine.It has a Maxtor in at the moment but > I need another drive...I know Ican read the h/ware howtos but they are not so > up to date..Any info on recommended drives or ones to steer clear of other > than Western Digital would be welcome... > > Regards Ted > > Ted Wager..Mandrake linux >g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 If your current drive has performed well and you plan to keep it installed, stay with your brand. The timing requirements are likely to be much more compatible. My own personal considerations these days run to IBM and Quantum because the data I have collected suggests a better MTBF in those brand names. It is however dangerous to assume that MTBF by brand name calculations are valid--there are too many models and technical approaches within a single technology to say that figuring backwards from data points will produce the correct curve. Seagate is good for certain chipsets, but I have observed signal reflections on i810, VIA MVP3, and MVP4, Intel 430 TX, and ALi Aladdin V under Pentium code. The problem is highly pronounced with TX chipsets, resulting in corrupt data that appears to write OK and is totally unreadable when the TX chipset is clocked at 75 MHz (as for a Cyrix processor). I did get "lost interrupt" errors on a very modern i810 with a Celeron 400 and a Barracuda 10.2G. Windows, FreeBSD, and such loaded fine, but Stampede, Enoch and Mandrake could not even install. (All were processor optimised) Mandrake 486 could run this with only occasional reports of disk errors. Civileme
Re: [expert] New h/drive
Seagate man, Seagate! Later, At 07:38 AM 6/8/00 +0100, Ted Wager wrote: Hi... I am buying a new h/drive for my machine.It has a Maxtor in at the moment but I need another drive...I know Ican read the h/ware howtos but they are not so up to date..Any info on recommended drives or ones to steer clear of other than Western Digital would be welcome... Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
[expert] New h/drive
Hi... I am buying a new h/drive for my machine.It has a Maxtor in at the moment but I need another drive...I know Ican read the h/ware howtos but they are not so up to date..Any info on recommended drives or ones to steer clear of other than Western Digital would be welcome... Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
