On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Gerald wrote:
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> My hard disk is a Quantum and I guess its better than the two drives you
> mentioned because it is still working. I guess that hard disk manufactures
> doesn't consider manufacturing quality hard disks anymore.
> Or maybe there's a mishandling in some point in the delivery.
actually of my two quantum drives, one is still ok, the other one has bad
sectors, but it's 4 years old.
> BTW, are SCSI drives more durable and has a longer lifespan than IDE's?
yes. because they are generally server-class drives.
> I'll consider the first option, installing RH6.2 in my DOS partition,
> although i guess i'll have to free up some space, but then again i'll just
> wait until i can buy a new hard disk, so that i can run Linux in its own
> native partition. I'll also try downloading ActiveState. Is it a freeware? I
> hate using those time limited versions.
activestate is freeware. www.activestate.com.
you can get 8.4GB drives in the 4000 price range now. fujitsu brand, or
seagate U8, i prefer fujitsu (even if they are made in the Philippines)
because they are more sturdily built than equivalent seagates. or the
maxtor diamondmax nova 7200rpm 10GB drive, it's only 5200.
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