[parted-devel] 3TB drives available at retail; anyone tried parted with 'em?

[Petr Uzel]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 08:19:53PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> John Gilmore wrote:
> > I received a 3TB Seagate drive today.  Due to PC-clone boot issues,
> > they don't sell it as an ordinary SATA drive, but you can buy the external
> > USB drive and merely take it out of the box.  It's $200.  See:
> >
> >   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148580
> 
> Hi John,
> [sorry about the delay -- your message was stuck in the
>  queue waiting for moderator approval. ]
> 
> > I'm writing to suggest that parted developers consider getting
> > such a drive and testing with it.  It's the first ordinary SATA
> > drive holding more than 2TB.
> 
> Thanks for the heads-up.
> If someone sends me one, I'll be happy to investigate right away ;-)

I have similar beast on my table (WD30EZRS). Now I'm busy with other
stuff, but I'd like to do some testing when I have more time. However,
if you (you=ppl on this mailinglist :) ) want to do any specific
tests ASAP, please feel free to let me know.


Regards,

Petr

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Petr Uzel
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