Re: Hard disk problem:

[Alan Cox]

> >  Model=IBM-DTLA-307030, FwRev=TX4OA50C, SerialNo=YKDYKGF1437
> 
> Ah, one of these excellent Hungarian DTLA drives? :) AFAIK, the entire batch
> was broken, although there are people who insist that there was no single
> working hard drive leaving that factory! I personally have seen 7 out of 7
> failing...

I have a large collection of these drives and none of them are problematic,
while the maxtors seem a little less reliable

> Take it back to where you bought it and demand a replacement for something
> NOT bearing "MADE IN HUNGARY" sign.

Of course the writer of this is Polish and the drives are Hungarian ..

Alan