[sdiy] bootable linux cd

[James Patchell]

At 08:21 PM 7/26/2003 -0700, metasonix wrote:

>Why can't I buy one??? It's not fair!! I HATE subsidizing
>hard-drive manufacturers! Their products self-destruct....

         Hey!!! I resemble that! :-)

         As somebody involved in the hard disk industry, all I can say is, 
"Hey, I want my paycheck...buy more hard drives!" (I am currently 5 months 
behind in my pay...I will not name the company I work for...but, you 
probably never heard of it anyway :-)

         As far as drives self destructing...yeah, I have heard of it 
happening, but you know, so far, I have never had, at least to my knowledge 
any hard failures in hard drives (my first hard drive was a 20 MB jobby for 
my atari 1040 ST), and that was a Seagate drive, well known at the time for 
self destructing...although, I had the inside scoop....a friend at Seagate 
said the secret to life for that drive was to never turn it off.  I used it 
for five years, sold it, and despite the fact I warned the person who 
purchased it, it persisted in turning it off and on...and it died...

         Still, with falling hard drive prices, I am amazed that the drive 
don't die more than they do, because I know for a fact that the one area 
that the drive manufacturers cut the most to keep the price down is testing.

         So, help me do my SDIY....upgrade your hard driver...(preferably 
with a Maxtor Drive....oppps...did I say Maxtor)(I don't work for Maxtor, 
but they are a major customer of the company I work for)....





>uncle eric
>metasonix.com