Here's a recent response from WD concerning their drives and Linux or UNIX. Take it for what it's worth.
-- Jonathan Dlouhy Tuesday, July 23, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.1 ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [Incident 020721-000058] usingWDharddriveswithUNIXorLinux Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 07:58:31 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email Subject - Brief Description (100 chars max) --------------------------------------------------------------- usingWDharddriveswithUNIXorLinux Discussion Thread --------------------------------------------------------------- Response (Barb G) - 07/23/2002 07:58 AM Greetings Jonathan, Thank you for your email. We have no issues with Western Digital drives being installed with Linux or Unix. If you have more detailed information on specific issues, I would be happy to address them. Or, if you can provide the web site where these issues are being discussed we can address them to the customer. If your friends are having issues with a drive they should be contacting our technical support desk, or test the drive with our utilities. We do not warranty a drive based on the operating system used. Western Digital will honor the warranty on any drive in the event of a drive failure, as long as the drive is in warranty. If the drive carry�s no warranty, or the warranty has expired, we cannot replace the drive. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know. Kind Regards, Customer (Jonathan Dlouhy) - 07/21/2002 08:38 PM Otherthanthefactthatyoudon'tsupportUNIXorLinuxwiththedisksoftwareyouprovide ,isthereanyreasonyourdrivescan'torshouldn'tbeusedwiththeseoperatingsystems? IhavealwaysusedWDharddrivesforallvariationsofWindowsaswellasmanydistributio nsofLinuxwithnoproblem.ThereisquiteadebategoingintheLinux-Mandrakecommunity claimingthatWDdrivesarenotsupportedwithLinuxandifthedrivefailswhileusingitW Dwon'thonorthewarrantee?Isthistrueornot?You'regettingslammedprettyhardthese daysandifit'sunfoundedIwouldliketoclarifyyourpositiontomyLinuxcolleagues.Th anks! You may update this question by replying to this message. Because your reply will be automatically processed, you MUST enter your reply in the space below. Text entered into any other part of this message will be discarded. [===> Please enter your reply below this line <===] [===> Please enter your reply above this line <===] Barb G Western Digital Customer Service and Support -------------------------------------------------------
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