Maxtor or WD?

[fredex]

On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 03:42:18PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 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!

Then I'd go with whichever one costs less. Or whichever one is the
prettiest!
:)
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