Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +0000, Mac wrote: >> alan c wrote: >> <snip> >> > The power saving system is the problem and although it can be >> > disabled, (using something like >> > sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do >> > not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of >> > fomatting the (NTFS) drive. I certainly will not be putting any money >> > seagate (or maxtor) way until further notice! >> >> >> Got any thoughts about what to use instead? >> > > Western Digital? > > Cheers, > Al. >
Mmmm. Not sure about that, Al: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/07/western_digital_drm_crippled_harddrive/ Mac -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
