alan c wrote:
snip
The power saving system is the problem and although it can be
disabled, (using something like
sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do
not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of
fomatting the (NTFS) drive. I certainly
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +, Mac wrote:
alan c wrote:
snip
The power saving system is the problem and although it can be
disabled, (using something like
sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do
not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not
Mac wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +, Mac wrote:
alan c wrote:
snip
The power saving system is the problem and although it can be
disabled, (using something like
sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do
not accept it as
Mac wrote:
alan c wrote:
snip
The power saving system is the problem and although it can be
disabled, (using something like
sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do
not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of
fomatting the (NTFS) drive.
Tony Arnold wrote:
snip
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/07/western_digital_drm_crippled_harddrive/
I read this to mean some software that WD provide and that the crippling
is not necessarily in the drive itself (not sure how it could be, to be
honest).
Tony On closer reading, I
Alan Pope wrote:
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +, Mac wrote:
alan c wrote:
snip
The power saving system is the problem and although it can be
disabled, (using something like
sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do
not accept it as covered by
Paul Tansom wrote:
** Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-12-09 19:27]:
You may have seen this report about problems with the latest Seagate USB
drives with GNU/Linux:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/seagate-snubs-linux
Does anyone know how accurate this is? I've been
You may have seen this report about problems with the latest Seagate USB
drives with GNU/Linux:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/seagate-snubs-linux
Does anyone know how accurate this is? I've been thinking of getting a
500Gb USB drive, and I've tended to use Seagates in
** Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-12-09 19:27]:
You may have seen this report about problems with the latest Seagate USB
drives with GNU/Linux:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/seagate-snubs-linux
Does anyone know how accurate this is? I've been thinking of getting a
