Maxtor or WD?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 16/06/06, fredex <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> 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.
>

Three years on the both of them!

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