Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 08:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Kindly some advice please. With large drives, I'd suggest you format and check for bad blocks, rather than just quick format and hope for the best. Yes, it will take ages, but you're better to found out about a duff drive at the start, r

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 21:19 +0900, Misha Shnurapet wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes > The typical lifetime rating for laptop (2.5-in) hard drives is 300,000 > to 600,000 load cycles. Some laptop drives are programmed to unload > the heads whenever the

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Misha Shnurapet
22.06.2011, 22:11, "Markku Kolkka" : > Misha Shnurapet kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko, 22. kesäkuuta > 2011): > >>  $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count >>  193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 158 158 000 Old_age Always - >>  127583 >> >>  That's 127 000 out of 300 000 to 60

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Markku Kolkka
Misha Shnurapet kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko, 22. kesäkuuta 2011): > $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 158 158 000 Old_age Always - > 127583 > > That's 127 000 out of 300 000 to 600 000 in 2200 hours on > Linux. # smartctl -a /dev

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 10:06 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 06/22/2011 09:33 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto > > wrote: > >> I see alot of people using disks> 1 TB > >> > > I use 2 1TB internal disk and one 1TB external USB drive just fine > > w

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Misha Shnurapet
22.06.2011, 19:45, "Markku Kolkka" : > Misha Shnurapet kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko, > 22. kesäkuuta 2011): > >>  Sure to avoid the WD GREEN series for a number of reasons, >>  just google them. > > I've been using 1 terabyte WD Green drives (WD10EACS) for over > two years in my F

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 06/22/2011 01:01 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 22.06.2011 09:14, schrieb Johan Scheepers: >> On 06/22/2011 09:08 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: >>> why you asking to buy a 500 gigs disk if you can buya a larger ? >>> >> It would be wasted money if the system can not handle it. >> On google I fou

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 22.06.2011 09:14, schrieb Johan Scheepers: > On 06/22/2011 09:08 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: >> why you asking to buy a 500 gigs disk if you can buya a larger ? >> > It would be wasted money if the system can not handle it. > On google I found to be some problems for some users so why you n

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Markku Kolkka
Misha Shnurapet kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko, 22. kesäkuuta 2011): > Sure to avoid the WD GREEN series for a number of reasons, > just google them. I've been using 1 terabyte WD Green drives (WD10EACS) for over two years in my Fedora/Windows dual-boot system without any proble

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Wednesday 22 June 2011 09:14:36 Gregory Hosler wrote: > The "green" ones will auto-spin > down when not in use. Saves energy, more importantly, runs a heck of a lot > cooler overall. negative is that there can be a delay as it powers up > after being away from the drive for a period of time. The

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Gregory Hosler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/22/2011 04:06 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 06/22/2011 09:33 AM, suvayu ali wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto >> wrote: >>> I see alot of people using disks> 1 TB >>> >> I use 2 1TB internal disk and one 1TB ext

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Misha Shnurapet
22.06.2011, 16:59, "Johan Scheepers" : > Can not remember the make. Which makes should be avoided? Sure to avoid the WD GREEN series for a number of reasons, just google them. -- Best regards, Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor Email: shnurapet AT fedoraproject.org, IRC: misha on freeno

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit (SOLVED)

2011-06-22 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 06/22/2011 09:33 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto > wrote: >> I see alot of people using disks> 1 TB >> > I use 2 1TB internal disk and one 1TB external USB drive just fine > with Fedora. All are formatted as ext4. In the past I have also tried > X

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 06/22/2011 09:18 AM, Misha Shnurapet wrote: > 22.06.2011, 16:14, "Johan Scheepers": >> On 06/22/2011 09:08 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Johan Scheepers; >>> wrote: Good day, I have now the option of buying a 500GIG or 1TB harddis

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Itamar Reis Peixoto
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Were those used as usb drives? I am using with a external sata port e-sata -- Itamar Reis Peixoto msn, google talk: ita...@ispbrasil.com.br +55 11 4063 5033 (FIXO SP) +55 34 9158 9329 (TIM) +55 34 8806 3989 (OI) +55 34 3221

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 06/22/2011 09:19 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:14 AM, Johan Scheepers > wrote: > >>> why you asking to buy a 500 gigs disk if you can buya a larger ? >>> >> It would be wasted money if the system can not handle it. >> On google I found to be some problems for some

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread suvayu ali
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: > I see alot of people using disks > 1 TB > I use 2 1TB internal disk and one 1TB external USB drive just fine with Fedora. All are formatted as ext4. In the past I have also tried XFS on one of the internal drives. -- Suvayu Open so

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Itamar Reis Peixoto
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:14 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >> >> why you asking to buy a 500 gigs disk if you can buya a larger ? >> > It would be wasted money if the system can not handle it. > On google I found to be some problems for some users. > Johan S I see alot of people using disks > 1 TB

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Misha Shnurapet
22.06.2011, 16:14, "Johan Scheepers" : > On 06/22/2011 09:08 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: > >>  On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Johan Scheepers;   >> wrote: >>>  Good day, >>> >>>  I have now the option of buying a 500GIG  or  1TB harddisk. >>> >>>  Could be used on usb sometimes. >>> >>>  Googl

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 06/22/2011 09:08 AM, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Johan Scheepers > wrote: >> Good day, >> >> I have now the option of buying a 500GIG or 1TB harddisk. >> >> Could be used on usb sometimes. >> >> Google..seem some problems for 1TB. >> >> Kindly some advice p

Re: HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-22 Thread Itamar Reis Peixoto
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > > I have now the option of buying a 500GIG  or  1TB harddisk. > > Could be used on usb sometimes. > > Google..seem some problems for  1TB. > > Kindly some advice please. > > Thanks > Johan S why you asking to buy a 500 gigs di

HD 1TB or greater Fedora 15 64bit

2011-06-21 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, I have now the option of buying a 500GIG or 1TB harddisk. Could be used on usb sometimes. Google..seem some problems for 1TB. Kindly some advice please. Thanks Johan S -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin