Did you try to use the WD in a system with a Maxtor, or as a standalone drive? On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 18:19, M Rafiq wrote: > Unfortunately yes, it is WD 120GB JB series also called special edition. My > experience with Maxtor is different and Maxtor is number one choice of > Compaq and I did not see so much problem with Maxtor based on my 15 years > experience. I selected first time WD drive and now....Besides WD drive > customer service is much ahead of it. Even their own system does not work > when you call then or try to open RMA online...What else I can say? > > Regards > Rafiq > > > > > From: Bryce C > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To: PLUG > Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: Peoria Schools can't afford to replace stolencomputers > Date: 16 Oct 2003 17:51:35 -0700 > > Are you sure it was Western Digital you dealt with or Maxtor? :-P I have > never had any problems with WD HDs in the last 14 years. My 270Mb still > works, though it's now been retired because it's not worth it. I've had > 2 Maxtors go bad on me in the last 14 years (they were OEM) but not one > WD, even the OEM WDs I've dealt with. > I'm sorry you picked the sour apple of the bunch. > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 16:54, M Rafiq wrote: > > Honest advise, dont buy it even if you have money. I bought 120Gb for > 69.99 > > after rebates and went bad in one week. A lousy product and compnay to > dealt > > with. > > > > Regards > > Rafiq > > > > > > > > > > From: Bryce C > > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To: PLUG > > Subject: RE: Peoria Schools can't afford to replace stolen computers > > Date: 16 Oct 2003 14:46:36 -0700 > > > > Yesterday's Fry's Electronics ad had a 60Gb Western Digital for $40 > > after rebates. Sorry but I don't have $40 to spend on myself right now > > but if someone else does, there's a deal. > > > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 12:16, George Gambill wrote: > > > Hans, > > > > > > I am not familiar with "LTSP-like" but I can setup an LTSP box (static > > IP). > > > > > > For 9 clients, a 800 MHz Pentium class box with 512 MEG ram (might > squeak > > by > > > with less) and 60 Gig Hard Drive should server well. Anyone got one > of > > > those who is willing do part with it. We can always add memory. > > > > > > I am experienced with Etherboot NIC's. They can boot from a floppy > > (cheesy) > > > or from a ROM chip onboard the NIC. > > > > > > If the school has a non-Linux DHCP server (and I think it probably > does) > > we > > > will need to deal with the ROM chip to configure them to ignore the > > > not-Linux DHCP. With floppies (cheesy) this is a piece of cake. With > > ROM > > > chips, we will need someone with a ROM burner (that is on my wish > list). > > > > > > One thing, my experience shows that GNOME has (or at least had) a > memory > > > leak with LTSP. I had to convert the LTSP system to KDE. No flames > > please. > > > > > > Other question. Will a server scheme work. Is there an Ethernet in > > place? > > > Is there cabling in place? Can the boxen(s) be located close to each > > other > > > such that a hub will work? > > > > > > Also. I bought a 16 port Hub (not switch) at a thrift shop (can't > resist > > a > > > bargain) the other day that I could donate. > > > > > > Anyone got an 800 MHx box around (or do they)??? > > > > > > Anyone got a 60 GIG Dirve to donate (or do they)? > > > > > > In short, if we can come up with the box, I will volunteer to set up > the > > > server. Will want help with the clients. Clients are the easy part. > > > > > > George > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:31:35 -0700 (MST) > > > > From: "der.hans" > > > > Subject: Re: Peoria Schools can't afford to replace stolen computers > > > > > > > > Am 16. Oct, 2003 schw=E4tzte Lee Einer so: > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://netscape.digitalcity.com/phoenix/news/article.adp?artic > > > > le=3D139416= > > > > 0&_dci_e_t=3Dincoming&_dci_a_l=3Dmy.netscape.com/index2.psp?cp > > > > =3Dmyfresh > > > > > > > > > > > > cle=3D13941= > > > > 60&_dci_e_t=3Dincoming&_dci_a_l=3Dmy%2enetscape%2ecom%2findex2 > > > > %2epsp%3fcp%3= > > > > dmyfresh> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It would be great if we could cobble together a few Linux boxes > and > > > > > donate them... > > > > > > > > They lost 9 of 45 computers. That means they still have a > > > > few. AZOTO can > > > > donate a few boxen for LTSP clients ( thanks to UAT for that > > > > donation ). > > > > > > > > One or more of their remaining computers could be used to > > > > serve up the LTSP > > > > setup. > > > > > > > > Note, they may need a LTSP-like rather than LTSP, but the > > > > physical setup > > > > remains about the same. > > > > > > > > Do we have a couple of people with experience with this type > > > > of setup who > > > > will volunteer for this? Please respond on list or write me > > > > at AZOTO.org. > > > > LuftHans is my username there. > > > > > > > > Once we have a couple of volunteers lined up, and only then, > > > > we can contact > > > > them and start finding out what their needs are and how we can > assist. > > > > > > > > Anybody got kids in that district? In that school? It'd be > > > > good to have > > > > someone local for the contact person. Living in/near Peoria > > > > would be good > > > > enough. Having kids in the school system would be better. > > > > > > > > If we volunteer to help, we have to be prepared to see it > > > > through and help > > > > them if they let us. If we're not going to follow through > > > > it's better to no= > > > > t > > > > volunteer in the first place. > > > > > > > > ciao, > > > > > > > > der.hans > > > > --=20 > > > > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.AZOTO.org/ > > > > # It's up to the reader to make the book interesting. > > > > # An author has only the opportunity to make it > > > > uninteresting. - der.hans > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > > Bryce C > > CoBryce Communications > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Never get a busy signal because you are always connected with high-speed > > Internet access. 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