[CS-FSLUG] Seagate sata hdd's and Linux

[Nigel Ridley]

Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On Saturday 09 July 2005 12:33 am, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> 
>>I found this problem on the kanotix forums and a link to the reason for
>>the problem:
>>
>>http://forum.kanotix.net/viewtopic.php?t=9375
>>http://home-tj.org/m15w/
>>
>>"It's basically because of faulty SATA implementation of the affected
>>seagate hard drives combined with standard-compliant but peculiar
>>behavior of silicon image controllers."
> 
> 
> I think the controller on that hard drive is VIA......better check that.
> 
> 
>>Anyway, not wanting to take any chances I am thinking about a Samsung
>>hard drive -- any thoughts?
> 
> 
> 'Doable, but NOT the quality of Seagate.....I have the Seagate 200G SATA.
> 
> 
>>BTW. What is the best Linux tool for putting a partition table on a
>>*new* hard drive?
>>I ask because it has happened to me in the past that QTParted can't
>>handle *new* drives with no partition table on them.
> 
> 
> Use Yast during the install...........oh, oh. You're not using SUSE. ;)
> 
> Fred
> 

I did a google search:
http://www.google.com/linux?q=seagate+sata+problems&restrict=linux

and came up with quite a number of hits. I then checked the specs for 
the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum and unfortunately it uses the Silicon Image 
controller -- so Seagate is a no-go. So it seems that I will have to put 
my trust in Samsung as the only other alternative (of names that I 
recognise) is Maxtor, but it is a 160GB drive and 100 shekels more :-(

I'll let you all know how it goes (in about a week or so).

Blessings,

Nigel

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