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From: rudolph@intelisc.UUCP (David Rudolph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hard disk parking
Message-ID: <321@intelisc.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 88 01:47:37 GMT
Reply-To: rudolph%isc.intel.com (David Rudolph)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Intel Scientific Computer, Beaverton, OR
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A question on hard disks: is it a big advantage to have a disk that
auto-parks on power failures or on powerdown?  I have heard many good things
about Cirrus drives, but the one reason I am hesitating to buy one is that I
gather from talking to their people that to you have to explicitly run their
program or run 'shutdown' to park the heads.  Is this likely to cause major
problems if I have a power failure?

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David Rudolph           CSnet: rudolph%isc.intel.com