Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 01:37:11 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Saving a partially rotten IBM DTLA-307030 Harddisk Message-ID: <m3wull92dk.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <3E152CAF.6000107@barryp.org> (Barry Pederson's message of "Fri, 03 Jan 2003 00:24:47 -0600") References: <20030102205040.GC22880@Deadcell.ant> <m3ptrft8n5.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <20030103002730.GB729@Deadcell.ant> <200301022132.35297.duhring@charter.net> <3E152CAF.6000107@barryp.org>
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Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org> writes: > The thing I wasn't sure about was... does it get replaced with a new > drive? or just some other returned drive of the same flaky model that > they've reformatted and mapped out the bad sectors? Well... you never know, but they ship refurbished used equipment. Whatever that means. Our returned DTLA-307045 failed again after some months. I wonder if it's possible to call the IBM support and ask for a different model. I'd even take a set of used DPTA drives of same capacity. > IIRC the website where you got an online RMA only guaranteed a > refurbished drive. Can't tell right now though since the > above-mentioned URL only says warranty support is moving to Hitachi in a > few days. Huh. If that's any good... I guess I'd better buy a spare drive. -- Matthias Andree To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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