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Re: HP C2490A-300 Harddisk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Wreski)
Sat Aug 2 03:08:42 1997
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 03:04:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dave Wreski <dave@nic.com>
To: Dirk Foersterling <milliByte@DeathsDoor.com>
cc: Linux SCSI list <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19970802084607.24197@infinity.milliByte.de>
> Someone offered me an used HP C2490A-300 harddisk.
> The offer is about $150. Is the disk worth it?
> What do I have to check if I got it for testing?
I had one of those, and really liked it. I sold it in a system I put
together for someone, and its still running a year later.
I'm not sure what tests you could run, other than possibly badblocks, or a
low level format.
Its replacement would probably be about $250 or so..
Dave
