On Sep 12, 6:19am, Eric wrote: > The drive I am purchasing is purported to be this: IBM DDRS-39130D DC1B > (9.14 GB). I can't find much info on it at all. I wonder if this is the > same or similar drive you had, Kevin, as it is an IBM? The SCSI drive that I had in my system was a Quantum. I provided the following details regarding this drive in http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/pipermail/plug-discuss/2000-October/006718.html : The SCSI drive : -------------- : : The SCSI drive is a Quantum QM318000TD-SW. This is a drive in Quantum's : Atlas III product line. It's a little over a year old and the specs : are as follows: : : 7,200 RPM, 7.8 ms average seek time, 180 Mb/sec internal transfer : rate, up to 80 MB/sec transfer rate, Ultra2 SCSI (LVD) or Ultra : SCSI interface : : This is from: : : http://www.quantum.com/products/archive/atlas_iii/atlas_iii_features.htm : : Later on the this same page, it also claims that this drive is capable : of a sustained transfer rate of 12MB/sec. (This is roughly the number : that I reported from the ``hdparm -t'' test of yesterday.) : : There are more detailed specs at : : http://www.quantum.com/products/archive/atlas_iii/atlas_iii_specs.htm For the IBM DDRS-39130D, there is documentation at the following location: http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/prod/9esprod.htm The specs look pretty close to the old Quantum drive that I was using... Kevin