Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:57:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:56:58 -0400 Received: from vp226158.uac62.hknet.com ([202.71.226.158]:35846 "EHLO main.coppice.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:56:49 -0400 Message-ID: <3B61872C.6B1485B6@coppice.org> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:22:20 +0800 From: Steve Underwood Organization: Me? Organised? X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.19-6.2.7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, zh-TW MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hard disk problem: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing Alan Cox wrote: > > > > Model=IBM-DTLA-307030, FwRev=TX4OA50C, SerialNo=YKDYKGF1437 > > > > Ah, one of these excellent Hungarian DTLA drives? :) AFAIK, the entire batch > > was broken, although there are people who insist that there was no single > > working hard drive leaving that factory! I personally have seen 7 out of 7 > > failing... > > I have a large collection of these drives and none of them are problematic, > while the maxtors seem a little less reliable > > > Take it back to where you bought it and demand a replacement for something > > NOT bearing "MADE IN HUNGARY" sign. > > Of course the writer of this is Polish and the drives are Hungarian .. > But he is right. Practically all the "Made in Hungary" ones develop bad sectors after a few months. The "Made in Phillipinnes" ones do not. Strangely, I am Hong Kong and almost all the GXP75s we got here were made in Hungary - go figure! They were so bad the dealers finally wouldn't stock them. If your experience has been different, think yourself lucky. Regards, Steve - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/