ide hard upgrade question

doublefailure · 03-01-2003, 10:45 PM

hi..
i'd like to buy additional hard disk for backup purpose.

are most hd compatible with linux?

particularly these two ...

WESTERN DIGITAL 100$
80GB WD800BB Internal EIDE Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive HDD, 80 GB, Internal, 7200 rpm, 3.5", 8.9 ms Seek Time, 100 MBps, Ultra ATA-100, 2 MB Cache

MAXTOR 106$
80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Internal EIDE Ultra ATA/133 7200RPM Hard Drive 80 GB, Internal, 7200 rpm, 3.5", 9.0 ms Seek Time, 133 MBps, Ultra ATA/133 Interface, 2 MB Buffer

which one would u go with?

thank you..

MasterC · 03-02-2003, 01:26 AM

Yes, most are, it's the controller that will usually give you problems. I'd personally go with the WD because Maxtor just has too many issues. Most people who post problems with an HD post them about a Maxtor, that is not to say alot of Maxtor's have problems, but that if there is a problem, they seem to be more with Maxtor than most other drives.

That and WD has a good product IMHO.

Cool

rootboy · 03-02-2003, 01:30 AM

The answer to your question is yes, they will both work just fine with linux.

You might have a bit of trouble with the ATA133 interface, but I think that has been worked out by now (don't quote me...)

And be sure to put each hard drive on its own seperate IDE channel. Better throughput that way...

Don't do anything silly and use the Maxtor setup floppy (or WD's for that matter), you don't need it.

As for which one to get, I have always been a big fan of Maxtor.

John

trickykid · 03-02-2003, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MasterC
Yes, most are, it's the controller that will usually give you problems. I'd personally go with the WD because Maxtor just has too many issues. Most people who post problems with an HD post them about a Maxtor, that is not to say alot of Maxtor's have problems, but that if there is a problem, they seem to be more with Maxtor than most other drives.

That and WD has a good product IMHO.

Cool

Nah, go with Maxtor, that's all I use, every WD I've ever own isn't running any longer or has issues. I have Maxtor's I've been running and still working with no problems since back in the days when a 166mhz was top of the line.

whansard · 03-02-2003, 02:54 AM

every hard drive company occasionally hits a bad
spell. your job as a consumer is to figure out who
isn't having one right now. how the drive is handled
from when it is manufactured and shipped to you,
and put in your machine is more important than the
brand as far as reliability.