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Started by Jim Brooking
Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:13
Advice on Seagate Drive
Author: Jim Brooking
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:13
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:13
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Does anyone have anything to say, pro or con, about the Seagate model ST42400N drive? We're thinking about buying one for external use on a server cube. Thanks! -- jimb@access.digex.com | (Cage) 1991 323se ZCP-710 | Comus Road Merry Land (MD) U.S.A. | (Bike) 1986 GSXR750 (sold) | ClarksBURG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Advice on Seagate Drive
Author: Stephen Anderson
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:07
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:07
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>>>>> On 12 Jan 93 18:13:41 GMT, jimb@access.digex.com (Jim Brooking) said: jimb> Does anyone have anything to say, pro or con, about the jimb> Seagate model ST42400N drive? We're thinking about jimb> buying one for external use on a server cube. I have one of these, which I installed as the internal drive in my cube. It's big, it's fast, and I've had absolutely no trouble with it so far (apart from the fact that I installed it first with the termination resistors in backwards, and had to take it out and reverse them....). It's not as quiet as the old Maxtor, but it's not at all disturbingly noisy either. Two comments, though: (a) you'll probably have to pay extra to get a 5-year warranty on the drive, but ask about it. It's not that expensive, and 5 years is a long time. (b) TheFormatter didn't understand the drive, so I wasn't able to format it in 1024 byte sectors. I corresponded with the authors of TheFormatter, who suggested that if I could get them a copy of the drive tech manual they could probably get the program to cope with it. I never pursued this, but now I kind of wish I had, since I'd get about another 120 Mbytes of space on the drive (plus more speed) that way. Perhaps if a few people are interested, it would be in someobdy's interest to figure out how to reformat these drives with bigger sectors. --Steve Anderson
Re: Advice on Seagate Drive
Author: Nathan F. Janette
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:57
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:57
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In article <1iv1olINNcse@mirror.digex.com> jimb@access.digex.com (Jim Brooking) writes: > > Does anyone have anything to say, pro or con, about > the Seagate model ST42400N drive? We're thinking > about buying one for external use on a server cube. If that's the 1.2 GB model, we had to return one or two due to either noise problems of media failure. Our units were internal units in NeXTcubes, and frankly we suspect that inadequate ventilation might have been a contributing factor to the problems, since several Maxtor 1.2 GB drives have also acted up inside cubes. Perhaps it's time for someone to market a second fan for cubes that would blow filtered air though a replacement back panel with holes or something... -- Nathan Janette PPP link from hilbert.csb.yale.edu Please reply to: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (NeXT)
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