[vdr] Re: OT: 149 GB Maxtor disks.

[Daniel Schneider <d.r.schneider@gmx.ch>]

>I posted this in October and there were many (19) responses. :-)
>But nobody actually answered any of the two questions below. :-(
>
>I am still interested.
>Does anyone have an answer?

Maybe no one in europe has received such a hd yet. I've been waiting
for about 2 months and still no delivery.

Dany



>Carsten.
>
>
>Carsten Koch wrote:
>>
>>  I am sure many of you have heard about Maxtor's new 149 GB
>>  hard disks:
>>
>>  http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001sep/gee20010912007831.htm
>>  http://www.digitalproducer.com/2001/09_sep/news/09_10/maxtor_160gig.htm
>>  http://www.beststuff.com/article.php3?story_id=2126
>>  http://www.storagereview.com/PressReleases/Maxtor_D540_D740.html
>>  http://www.golem.de/0109/15808.html
>>
>>  Two questions:
>>
>>  1) As this disk exceeds the 128 GB protocol limit, it will not
>>     be plug-and-play with existing controllers/BIOSes.
>>     Fortunately, this problem is addressed by the fact that Maxtor
>>     bundles a controller card with it.
>>     Will Linux 2.4.10 drivers work flawlessly with it?
>
>I'm using 2.4.16 with the XFS file system now.
>
>
>>  2) Do you know anyone who actually has them in stock?
>>     I checked with vobis and with vv-computer (the latter
>>     actually listing it in its web shop). Both replied that
>>     they do not have it in stock yet and cannot tell me when
>>     they will.
>
>http://www.geizhals.at/de/?cat=hd&a=13406 lists 10 vendors,
>3 of them marking the disk to be "not in stock".
>I really wonder what the problem is?
>Does anyone know?
>After all, this disk has originally been announced 3 months ago.
>
>
>>
>>  Sorry for being slightly off-topic - this would be a great disk
>>  for my VDR PC! Low noise (5400 rpm), high capacity, good performance.
>>
>>  Carsten.


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