On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 10:05, GCS wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:06:05AM -0500, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Operating Systems Supported > > WARNING! > > Using an operating system not listed below could result in data loss. > > > > followed by a list of Windows and Macintosh operating systems. > > > > If I had known this I would never have purchased the Western Digital > > drive and, needless to say, I will never purchase another. I proceeded > > to format it with ext2 partitions using my Debian CD's and have not > > noticed any problems. Why would they say such a thing? > All I can remember that some old win$ os-es (fe win$98) switched off > too soon either the machine or the disk that it could not really write > out data from it's (big) cache. Also, they may refer to the SMART > capability of the drive, meaning one os which can not monitor it, may > not warn you in time that the disk is going to be fault. No other idea > beyond those. > > > What should I > > buy next time? > I have a lot of different IDE and SCSI dics under Linux: Quantum, > Western Digital, Fujitsu, Seagate, IBM, Compay, you name it. Never had > any problems with them... > > Cheers, > GCS >
Yes, hard drives are not an issue old or new: seagate,maxtor,western digital, fujitsu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
