> OK the newer drives--those I have tested seem OK and I don't have an
> exhaustive lab here. My testing has been with Quantum and IBM IDE drives--I
> don't buy Fujitsu, Maxtor, JTS, Seagate, or WD any longer because the stats
do you know what the exact problem is with fujitsu's I use them almost
exclusively and have no problem. However I also have easy access to
IBM's and will use them also if there are problems I'm unaware of.
One last thing in the past you have mentioned ficpag2130's. I haven't
had one to test lately. Do they work with 7.1?
> tell me to stay away from them (Calculated MTBFs much lower than
> Quantum/IBM). I also know that the cheap little fans, which last 15-24
> months before needing replacement, extend drive life incredibly, perhaps
> tripling it.
>
> And yes, Mandrake seems to have more newbies than most--the flash and pizazz
> as well as the greater convenience of installation seems to draw them. I
> worked with one who was upset because his eMachine had trouble with XFree86
> (SiS 6326 Chipset) under Mandrake 6.1. Well, he was sure it was all
> Mandrake's fault so he bought RH. SAME PROBLEM. He then decided Caldera had
> to be easier.... SAME PROBLEM. So he came back to me and I said either a)
> be willing to hack minimally on XF86Config or b) buy SuSE which had a better
> driver. He DLed the driver from SuSE and helps other newbies with Mandrake
> these days.
>
> Civileme
