[ltp] OT: HD upgrade recommendations?

Harry Mangalam linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:09:08 -0800


Check www.pricewatch.com for laptop drives.  IBM makes 2.5"s up to at least
14GB.
But beware how you partition and install lilo (1024 cyl boundaries, etc).

hjm


Ken Firestone wrote:
> 
> Have you checked any of IBM's 2.5 in disks?  I think they have some
> bigger than 10gig, and they really stand behind their products.
> 
> I had one go bad on me, and they shipped the replacement very quickly,
> and before I had returned the bad one.
> 
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Daishi Harada wrote:
> 
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   I have a 560X for which I'm interested in getting a larger HD.
>   I'm interested in something >10G, and the only options that I've
>   found seem to be Apricorn. Does anyone have other suggestions/
>   advice? Has anyone used Apricorn drives?
> 
>   Thanks,
>   Daishi
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Harry

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