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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:17718 comp.os.linux.hardware:1682 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5191 comp.os.os2.misc:123999 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!slovax!lm From: lm@slovax.engr.sgi.com (Larry McVoy) Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Followup-To: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Date: 3 Feb 1995 03:34:33 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3gs889$18@fido.asd.sgi.com> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com> <STEPHENS.95Feb1162921@sycamore.pprd.abbott.com> Reply-To: lm@slovax.engr.sgi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: slovax.engr.sgi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daniel Stephens (stephens@sycamore.pprd.abbott.com) wrote: : >> Yes : Seagate. I had a Seagate drive that started to have bit : >> rot right after when the warranty (get this : 12 months) has : >> run out. I've talked to people with similar problems. Stay away : >> from Seagate. : James> Interesting, I have never had a problem with a Segate. : James> Rodime, Miniscribe, Maxtor, and Western-Digital yes, but : James> never a problem with a Segate (and I have used MANY of : James> them, though usually > 600 Meg capacity) If my current : James> Segate lasts through the warranty (5 years) I will be very : James> happy. I can vouch for the Seagate Elite 1, Elite 2, and Barracudas (all used by Sun and went through Suns qualification process). All of these were big drives which goes along with the comments that others have made that the seagate problems may be restricted to the smaller drives. Dont go below a gig and you are fine, and at 50cents/megabyte, why would you? -- --- Larry McVoy (415) 390-1804 lm@sgi.com