> Timing chatter on the IDE bus Some DVD-ROMs on VIA chipsets can cause
> corruption of install-time data on hard disks past kernel 2.2.15. WD and
> Maxtor of same speed or a slower WD with a fast Maxtor master will just eat
> your data with timing chatter.
>
> And since WD doesn't do the CRCs necessary to check, you can actually boot
> and run on a corrupted system (for a little while, anyway).
Am I correct in understanding from your comment, Civilme, that this issue does NOT
affect 2.2.15 kernels?
Are WD drives not good for running under Linux?
Bob
