On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:44:26PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 06:23 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote: > > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > I bought a Maxtor 160GB 8MB cache IDE hard drive that Fedora Core 5 > > > would not install to. I've replaced it with an identical Western > > > Digital unit, and it's installing now. What would cause this > > > > I've had Maxtor drives before that were fine, in fact I don't think I've > > ever had a bad one, but I don't think that generally they are up to the > > quality of WD. IIRC they do run quite hot, so if you don't have adequate > > case cooling there might be a problem. > > > > Sometimes, however, the problem lies with the very strange ways that > > Windows handles hard drives geometries (or not, as may be the case). > > I think Linux also has a problem recognizing drives set to cable select > instead of the Master / Slave pin settings. I have had problems with > that in the past. Ric I always configure 'em with CS, never a problem. Been using Linux since '95. At the moment, this machine has a combination of WD and Maxtor drives in it. As for which brand to buy, I'd go with whichever one has the longest warranty. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------
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