[sf-lug] EADS vs EARS

Sameer Verma sverma at sfsu.edu
Wed Sep 8 22:12:02 PDT 2010


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> I was looking to buy a 2TB internal drive. Found one on Amazon.
> http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Intellipower-Desktop-WD20EARS/dp/B002ZCXK0I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1284006014&sr=8-1
>
> But then, just on a whim, I searched for Linux compatibility, and it
> turns out that EARS has issues under Linux. Has anyone run into these?
> Any experiences?
>
>
> cheers,
> Sameer
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> Associate Professor, Information Systems
> Director, Campus Business Solutions
> San Francisco State University
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Some more info on EARS. http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg02890.html

Sameer




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