Maxtor or WD?

[fredex]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:44:26PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 06:23 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
> > Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > > I bought a Maxtor 160GB 8MB cache IDE hard drive that Fedora Core 5 
> > > would not install to. I've replaced it with an identical Western 
> > > Digital unit, and it's installing now. What would cause this
> > 
> > I've had Maxtor drives before that were fine, in fact I don't think I've
> > ever had a bad one, but I don't think that generally they are up to the
> > quality of WD. IIRC they do run quite hot, so if you don't have adequate
> > case cooling there might be a problem.
> > 
> > Sometimes, however, the problem lies with the very strange ways that
> > Windows handles hard drives geometries (or not, as may be the case).
> 
> I think Linux also has a problem recognizing drives set to cable select
> instead of the Master / Slave pin settings. I have had problems with
> that in the past. Ric

I always configure 'em with CS, never a problem. Been using Linux
since '95. At the moment, this machine has a combination of WD and
Maxtor drives in it.

As for which brand to buy, I'd go with whichever one has the longest
warranty.

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