Re: ide problem in newer kernel or disc failure

[Bruce Harada]

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:54:20 -0400
Erik Bourget <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am beginning to think that the entire line of Hitachi deskstar drives are
> faulty.  I just returned THIRTY of them.  The Western Digital drives do not
> share the Hitachi tendency for failing after 300 hours of constant heavy
> use.

You mean "IBM tendency". Hitachi's HDD division was bought off IBM, so you're
effectively getting IBM Deskstars - yes, the same Deskstars that had record
failure rates.
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