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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:17920 comp.os.linux.hardware:1850 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5225 comp.os.os2.misc:124690 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 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.ysu.edu!malgudi.oar.net!cedarnet.cedarville.edu!calvin!gumby!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!swrinde!news.uh.edu!bonkers.taronga.com!peter From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Organization: Taronga Park BBS Message-ID: <D3HtB4.33G@bonkers.taronga.com> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com> <STEPHENS.95Feb1162921@sycamore.pprd.abbott.com> <3gs889$18@fido.asd.sgi.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 20:37:51 GMT Lines: 12 In article <3gs889$18@fido.asd.sgi.com>, Larry McVoy <lm@slovax.engr.sgi.com> wrote: >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? Given that the Seagates that caught on fire were at least 2G drives, I wouldn't jump to that conclusion... (not to mention the 1G drives I'm going through in our Sparcstations)