I'm thinking of replacing my current pair of 20 GB HDDs by a pair of 40 GB drives. Maxtor offer the Fireball @5400rpm and the Diamondax Plus 8 @7200rpm. Are there any problems associated with these faster drives?
This Asus board is one equipped with 2 udma connectors in addition to the normal pair of ide ones. It is getting on for two years old, I guess, so was probably a fairly early adopter of udma. Although I have not had any problems with this 9.0 setup, I do wonder if anyone else has concerns about using these early udma connectors? Unless I hear reasons against it, I think I shall use them again. I do realise that if I use the standard ide connectors I will not be getting the speed, so it's a waste of money going for the faster ones, but security is more important than speed. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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