On Wed, 1 May 2002, at 12:19pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > Western Dig. used to be the choice disk maker, however recently they've > been suckin' as bad as quantum.
What do you mean by "sucking"? That's rather vague. :) > I'd go with Maxtor - their RMA policy is the best. WD's warantee may be > better, but I honestly think their RMA policy is pretty bad. They may > have changed it recently. I've had to RMA drives to all manner of manufacturers, and WDC didn't seem any worse (or better) than the others. I'm more interested in the fact that WDC will RMA the drive for two years longer than Maxtor will. 3-year vs 5-year warranty. > We've tried to RMA some drives here that fell under this and they said no, > due to the fact that their Tech Specs say .. 3000 hours a month or > something like that. Someone recently made a big stink about the fact that IBM published specs that give the duty cycle the drive is tested for. All manufacturers make that sort of assumption when they come up with their MTBF ratings for "desktop" drives; IBM just made it obvious. The warranty period should not be affected; if IBM gave you static about that, complain to your sales rep. If they still won't budge, complain to the BBB. > Mine works fine with the 2.4.?? kernel (I can check the exact rev when I > get home) - I didn't have to do much special other than turn it on when I > recompiled the kernel. Okay, that sounds promising. > I think I have a 13G SCSI drive at home you could borrow for the show if > you'd rather go that way. It's 68 pin. Let me know No, I need a new drive anyway. But thanks. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
