Hard drive compatibility.

[Ilija Milicevic]

I've never worried about getting a HDD for a Linux box. I haven't heard of
one that runs on a standard interface have any issues.

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Eric <1ballistic1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks like a regular SATA drive, and Samsung is a fairly common brand...
> Unless you have issues to begin with with your motherboard's SATA
> controller, should be fine.
>
> Having said that, have you researched the SMART error? May not be as
> bad as it sounds.
> [Nevermind that, found that answer too:]
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes
>
> I always find it a pity that its cheaper to get a new HDD than the
> software that can fix them...
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Vaughn Male <keino_9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I was looking at the SMART Data for my hard drive and it told me that I
> have
> > a "Reallocated Sector Count". Since this has the word WARNING in big red
> > letters next to it I decided to purchase a new HD.
> >
> > So I've been looking at Hard Drives and I found one I really like on New
> > Egg. I was just wondering if I might encounter compatibility problems
> with
> > 10.10 ( I primarily use Ubuntu Studio).
> >
> > The HD in question:
> >
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-152-181&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=3#scrollFullInfo
> >
> > Thank you for reading.
> >    -Vaughn
> >
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