"David W. Chapman Jr." wrote:
> > > :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> > > :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
> > > :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk.
> >
> >
> > I would adssume it act
:> Wouldn't the linear speed be faster closer to the spindle at 7200 RPM
:> than at the edge?
:
:The stunning ignorance being displayed in this thread appears to have
:reached an all-time low.
:
:*sigh*
Ah, another poor soul who didn't read the first sentence of
tuning(7).
> > > :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> > > :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
> > > :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk.
> >
> > I would adssume it actually the tracks FURTHEREST from
Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :> etc... So apparently my warning about these drives in 'man tuning' is
> :> still appropriate :-)
> :>
> :>-Matt
> :>
> :> :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> :> :> > that the sustained wri
On Sunday, 9 December 2001 at 22:44:52 -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> 3) You get a system lockup when booting the *computer* if *any* DD disk
>is attached anywhere at all. This is what killed the Thinkpad T20*,
>A20*, 600X etc. After all the yelling we did at IBM, it turned out
>to be F
+---[ David W. Chapman Jr. ]--
| > > :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
| > > :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
| > > :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk.
| >
| >
"David W. Chapman Jr." wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 06:46:24PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > It's because you have to reinstall, should you want to add a second
> > OS at a later date (e.g. Linux, or Windows).
>
> I think it has more to do with the drive going on a new motherboard
> that m
"David W. Chapman Jr." wrote:
> > > :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> > > :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
> > > :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk.
> >
> >
> > I would adssume it a
> > :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> > :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
> > :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk.
>
>
> I would adssume it actually the tracks FURTHEREST from the spi
On google search for:
deskstar 75gxp class action
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22412.html
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67608,00.asp
etc... So apparently my warning about these drives in 'man tuning' is
still appropriate :-)
"David W. Chapman Jr." wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 06:46:24PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > It's because you have to reinstall, should you want to add a second
> > OS at a later date (e.g. Linux, or Windows).
>
> I think it has more to do with the drive going on a new motherboard
> that mi
Greg Lehey wrote:
[ ... DTLA drives ... ]
> > Do a Google/Tom's Hardware search to reassure yourself that I am not
> > smoking anything.
>
> I think I'd rather put the shoe on the other foot. This looks like
> high-grade crack. Who was smoking it?
For your further amusement, here is a pointe
Greg Lehey wrote:
> > [ ... IBM DTLA drives ... ]
>
> No, that wasn't me.
I didn't quote the full thing; that's what the brackets and ellipsis
was for.
> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 06:46:24PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> It's because you have to reinstall, should you want to add a second
> OS at a later date (e.g. Linux, or Windows).
I think it has more to do with the drive going on a new motherboard
that might not boot with dangerously dedicated t
On Sunday, 9 December 2001 at 18:46:24 -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> [ ... IBM DTLA drives ... ]
No, that wasn't me.
> IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
> electronics to k
Greg Lehey wrote:
[ ... IBM DTLA drives ... ]
IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk.
This is not often a problem with windows, the FS
On Sunday, 9 December 2001 at 22:52:58 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
>
> On 09-Dec-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> (The other day a coworker of mine wanted to use DD for some IBM DTLA
>> disks, because he'd heard that the disks performed better that way -
>> something to do with scatter-gathe
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