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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Seagates under Unix???  (or best pick)
Message-ID: <25ae7a0c:8061.1comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 13 Jan 90 02:00:08 GMT
References: <40970028@hpindda.HP.COM>
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>Item 8061 (0 resps) by kmont at hpindda.HP.COM on Fri 12 Jan 90 09:36
>[Kevin Montgomery]    Subject: Seagates under Unix???  (or best pick)
>(20 lines)
>
>HiHo,
>	I'm trying to put together a Unix box using BellTech Unix (think
>it's what Intel is using now) for home and have a HP Vectra 386 16MHz with 
>a Seagate multifunction (ST506) controller.  I've heard all sorts of nasty
>things about the Seagate drives from folks and am wondering how much of it
>is true, and if the problems are confined to any particular drive types.
>Since I'll need 80 meg or greater, I'm left with the ST4144, I think.
>
>	- is anyone using a Seagate under BellTech or SCO Unix?
>	- is anyone using a Seagate under other versions?
>	- is anyone using one under DOS?
>	- is anyone from Seagate listening?

Let me put it this way:

We've run Seagates (4096/4144R/251/277R1) for about three years now on our
public access system.  Why?  They're cheap, and they work.

They DO fail, yes.  So do all other fixed disks.  We haven't found them to
be bad enough that we'll take ours offline -- yet that is... who knows what
will happen now that I've said that :-)

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