Re: IDE Disk Problems
nerull (nerull@home.virtual-pc.com)
Fri, 14 Feb 1997 16:39:20 -0500
Allen Brady Montz wrote:
>
> Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@veriweb.com> writes:
>
> >
> > I had the same _exact_ problem with an 810M drive. It was because the
> > drive was a piece of junk. I know many people who have had similar
> > problems, even on non-linux machines, with Western Digital drives.
> > I imagine their testing labs used the equivalent of a DOS box to test
> > with.
> >
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> Me too. Same drive, same error messages, same horrible death
> noises. Fortunately, I was able to read the drive just long enough to get all
> of my stuff off of it. And I mean literally. Piece of shit. It was noisy in
> life, and worse in death.
I have a seagate 1.25 gig drive with the same problem, only without the
clanking, and an IBM drive with the same. I don't think it's just WD
drives.
nerull@home.virtual-pc.com