seagate drive

[Michael]

that is strange. The drive is 8 years old. I guess it was lightly
used. Is there such an animal as a hardware tester so i can see what's
up with it?

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 5:15 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Brian.
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:05 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> >
> > The answer is almost certainly yes, but my biggest piece of advice for
> > you on that would be not to store anything on it that you don't have
> > very well backed up.  The Seagate 2tb drives are terrible.  I have a
> > 100% failure rate on them after about 2 years give or take, and I've
> > been through a couple dozen on them and the word on the street is that
> > my experience isn't strange.
> >
> > Brian Cluff
> >
> > On 5/20/20 12:21 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > > I'm getting a used 2TB drive and I can't find anything about linux
> > > compatibility. It is a Seagate Goflex home. My dad says the model
> > > number  is:
> > > bybap1-520
> > > or
> > > pk:pgaw-duzm-nnwp-kybw
> > > but after about 15 minutes of searching I've given up. Does anyone
> > > know off hand if it will work?
> > >
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