Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 18:47:59 -0800
From: Oren Laskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard drive recommendation
At Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:36:55 -0800,
David Chien wrote:
> all of the 20GB HDs will work. SOme of the Toshiba's have the annoying point
> that Toshiba wired them as C/S (cable select) rather than the usual
> Master/Slave jumpers.
That could be annoying.
> In any case, let's say you pick the IBM 20GB 9.5mm. No problems having it run
> in a Libretto with the exception that if you're BIOS doesn't see anything over
> 8GB during Fdisk, you'll need to:
I am running Linux so I don't think that will be a big concern
> Beyond that, I guess I'll have to get around to summarizing and posting the
> >8GB in a Libretto posts I've gathered (also on my Libretto Information CD; see
> my website below). I'll try to do that in the upcoming week.
That would be useful.
What I'm really looking for is not if 20gb drive is possible but what
is a recommended one. I'd like to get some idea if a certain drive is
a much better performer than the others before I buy.
Oren
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