On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > 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
Well, I have used enough of each of those drives to calculate MTBF from a
Poisson distribution, though it is basically dangerous to separate them by
brand name without reference to function, technology, etc, but it is the best
data I have. I know of no specific issues affecting a Fujitsu, but I have
had greater reliability (and better MTBF by 100% or more) from IBMs and
Quantums. YMMV, of course.
>
> 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.
>
Works here. You have to use the ALSA sound driver, which is not installed by
default, but otherwise the whole operation seems smooth and you can
overclock/underclock from the console to tune for best performance. It does
require the better grades of SDRAM (PC133 certified strongly recommended)
for consistent performance. Even the blasted ATA/66 seems to work, and work
more reliably than any of the ABITs which I no longer use.
> 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?
>
>
Civileme
