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From: Teresa and Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:26:27
Message-Id: 44734457.5070000@vista-express.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD by "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC"
1 Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
2
3 >
4 > On May 23, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
5 >
6 >> I can't remember any Maxtor disks failing, though there is one disk
7 >> I had to RMA a year or so ago and I cannot remember the make -- it
8 >> could have been Maxtor.
9 >
10 >
11 > Actually, I went and looked it up. It was a WD drive (yet another).
12 > Almost exactly 1 year ago it was sent back.
13 >
14 > Chad
15 >
16 > ---
17 > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
18 > Your Web App and Email hosting provider
19 > chad at shire.net
20 >
21 >
22 >
23
24 Hmmmmm, I have one of each. The Maxtor is faster since it has more
25 cache. Sound wise I can't tell them apart.
26
27
28 > root@smoker / # hdparm -i /dev/hda
29 >
30 > /dev/hda:
31 >
32 > Model=Maxtor 6Y080P0, FwRev=YAR41BW0, SerialNo=Y22J9KXE
33 > Config={ Fixed }
34 > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
35 > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7936kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
36 > CurCHS=4047/16/255, CurSects=16511760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=160086528
37 > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
38 > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
39 > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
40 > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
41 > AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
42 > Drive conforms to: (null): ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3
43 > ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ATA/ATAPI-7
44 >
45 > * signifies the current active mode
46 >
47 > root@smoker / # hdparm -i /dev/hdb
48 >
49 > /dev/hdb:
50 >
51 > Model=WDC WD800BB-00DKA0, FwRev=77.07W77, SerialNo=WD-WCAHL2497094
52 > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs
53 > FmtGapReq }
54 > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=74
55 > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
56 > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
57 > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
58 > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
59 > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
60 > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
61 > AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
62 > Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3
63 > ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6
64 >
65 > * signifies the current active mode
66 >
67 > root@smoker / #
68
69
70 It is really rare that I have a drive to go out. Maybe I'm just lucky.
71 <shrugs > I do have a few drives that are over a decade old and some a
72 couple decades old.
73
74 Dale
75 :-)
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Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD Samuel Baldwin <shardz4217@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@×××××.net>