[mythtvnz] New Hard Drive not performing well

Steve Holdoway steve at greengecko.co.nz
Wed Nov 17 19:45:11 GMT 2010


On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 22:32 +1300, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 22:19 +1300, Jonathan Hoskin wrote:
> > I'm considering upgrading to a 2TB drive. Is there actually a "green"
> > option that does work with Linux, out of the box, and is not the
> > pits? 
> 
> I've installed half a dozen or so of the WD Green 2TB drives and they
> work well. I'd happily recommend them for a storage drive.
> 
> hads
+1 The fact that some linux distros are incapable of automatically
recognising and handling the 4k sectors should not be a reason for
slagging them off.

Although I was pretty p*ssed off first time I came across it...
http://www.greengecko.co.nz/content/western-digital-can-i-have-my-2-days-back

(:

Steve

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