At 23:31 23/11/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Out of curiosity, was he claiming this was generally true, or was he >speaking only with regard to Western Digital drives? I got the impression it was common practice. YMMV. Martin A. Brooks, Clues Ltd. http://www.clues.ltd.uk/ -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at linux.co.uk http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug