From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 21:04:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547E816A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:04:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 615FC43D2F for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:04:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAOL3tKo044539; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:03:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAOL3rgO018588; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:03:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iAOL3pqf018587; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:03:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:03:51 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20041124210350.GA18410@thought.org> References: <20041124082415.GA71963@thought.org> <20041124161436.914825D04@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041124161436.914825D04@ptavv.es.net> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: Gary Kline cc: Alejandro lanjoe9 Valenzuela cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best HDD's for laptops? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:04:02 -0000 On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:14:36AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:24:15 -0800 > > From: Gary Kline > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 07:43:06PM -0500, Parv wrote: > > > > [[ ... ]] > > > > > (I *promised* myself not to sink another penny into my 600E > > but in case I break my word: will just about any laptop > > drive replace my 12GB IBM drive, or do I have to stick to > > an IBM-"approved" drive?) > > No drive approval. (I'm really annoyed about the mini-PCI approval in > my T30!) Any Toshiba or Hitachi drive should be OK as IBM used both as > original equipment. I suspect that Fujitsu and any others would be > fine, too. > > I've seen 40 GB drives for sale at about $80 over the past few weeks > (both Toshiba and Hitachi) at Fry's, if you are in the right part of the > country. Fry's is the only place *I'd* go... Anyway, since I can take this anywhere and have it serve as a second console at home, it's nice to know that I'm not wedged when it come to upgrading/replacing the HDD. thanks guys, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix