Re: [newbie] missing libraries, awkward fonts (Maxtor Drives)

2003-06-21 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 4:04 am, Erylon Hines wrote: > I don't disagree with that, and I certainly expect my $300 scsi to > last longer than a $30 Maxtor. But, it doesn't always happen that > way. The only safe thing to do is back up your data regularly, and > keep a couple of extra drives on han

Re: [newbie] missing libraries, awkward fonts (Maxtor Drives)

2003-06-20 Thread Erylon Hines
I don't disagree with that, and I certainly expect my $300 scsi to last longer than a $30 Maxtor. But, it doesn't always happen that way. The only safe thing to do is back up your data regularly, and keep a couple of extra drives on hand. e. On Friday 20 June 2003 06:17 pm, Carroll Grigsby w

Re: [newbie] missing libraries, awkward fonts (Maxtor Drives)

2003-06-20 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Friday 20 June 2003 01:57 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: > Come on people. ALL drives fail, and I don't care what brand you have. > When I was an admin a couple of years ago we had a stack of failed Seagates > 2 ft high. I have 8 boxes here, and have lost 1 drive in the past 2 years > (a WD). I have

Re: [newbie] missing libraries, awkward fonts (Maxtor Drives)

2003-06-20 Thread Erylon Hines
Come on people. ALL drives fail, and I don't care what brand you have. When I was an admin a couple of years ago we had a stack of failed Seagates 2 ft high. I have 8 boxes here, and have lost 1 drive in the past 2 years (a WD). I have Quantum, Seagate (factory rebuilt scsi full-height 9 gig