On 12/04/05 00:14 +0530, V P wrote: > On Apr 9, 2005 10:41 PM, Rony Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What's wrong with these new cables and any other experiences like these? > > > > In my home PC, I usually change the cables for my secondary IDE every > 4 months or so because they go bad due to the excessive pulling and > pushing involved in the process of swapping disks. I have one disk > that I use for taking weekly backups and two disks for trying out > various distros.
Maybe you should invest in hot swappable hardware? I know I would do that. Oh, and backups rock. I just lost a hard disk (lots of clicking noises), but no data :). Time to burn to CD. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
