Linux is no more prone to hard disk failure than any other operating system.
We weren't there when the disks went wrong, but the only conclusion that we can draw from your experience is that the hard disk is the least reliable part of a computer. In the future most PCs will have no hard disks and only flash based storage. If you look at the Apple iPod, which can be considered a small computer, the first model in 2001 used hard disk as storage but by now all the popular iPod models use flash. Laptops are the next place where flash will invade and replace hard disks. Check out this article about the Asus Eee PC: http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/1112/024a.html -S On 11/14/07, Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 14, 2007 6:13 PM, russell kabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, you weren't there when the disks went wrong, but i was. > > > > > > :D > Ya.. that`s for sure. > > > And i am convinced that installing/reinstalling GRUB/LILO on the MBR blew > > off the hdd. > > > > > > > Then, *obviously *you did something wrong. Which distro did you use then? > > > > > Let me share another instance, a recent one. i copied some data in a > > pendrive, unmounted the drive, all went fine. But later on when i opened > the > > pendive there was no data! directories were there, but no data. > > > > > > > > > Are you sure that, you didn`t eject your pendrive forcefully before the end > of "writing data"??? > > > > > Mistake, could be, but as i am not an it person, but i carefully read > > every instructions on-board and understand them. > > > > > > > > I cannot get your point. > > > > > > > you are right, data loss and recovery are best in Linux. > > > > > > > > *THUMBS UP! DO THE DEW!!!* > > > > > > > > Actually i am not criticizing Lin, but you know since i like it so much, > > we don;t like to see failures in our favorites. > > > > > > > > > I can understand that, you are not criticizing linux. But, no offence, me > neither expect some sort of issue which are *not actually true* for any kind > of linux distro. > > -- > Best, > Z > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
