In article <200007220120.LAA25188@typhaon.pacific.net.au>,
David Luyer <david_luyer@pacific.net.au> wrote:
>> David Luyer wrote:
>> > It is _much_ easier to do "cat </dev/zero >/dev/sda"
>> to depot for repair. My guess is that most people will be buying a new drive
>> since either a) they didn't have a warantee or b) it is expired.
Or, given the cost of labour vs. hardware today, simply not worth doing
anything other than buying a new (and likely faster, bigger, better) drive
and installing it.
If you manage to get a credit for the old on along the way thats great. But
if it costs more to get the credit than it is worth you just forget about it.
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