Mac wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +0000, 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. I certainly will not be putting any money >>>> seagate (or maxtor) way until further notice! >>> >>> Got any thoughts about what to use instead? >>> >> Western Digital? >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> > > Mmmm. Not sure about that, Al: > > 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). Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
