On Nov 14, 2007 3:13 PM, russell kabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After started using linux, i lost two hard disks for no good reason. > First time it was about installing GRUB/LILO on the MBR, and the disk > crashed. >
At least I don`t believe that, your hard disk crashed for loading grub in your disk; obviously, you made some mistake!! > Second time it was for no reason my hdd failed to mount, forever gone. > You cannot blame linux if you have problem with your own hard disk. And, i am definitely sure that, you had a defective hard disk at that time. And, actually, if your hard disk decides to crash, it don`t care about which OS you are using. > > If these types of facts keep surfacing the popularity of linux for desktop > users may become at shambles. > I have been with linux for 5 years. And, not a single data of my any hard disk ( pcs+laptop) went off for linux. Plus, i helped a lot of my friends to work with linux; it may be 100+; and i haven`t seen any tears in their eyes for their data loss. -- Best, Z [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
