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Seagate Snubs Linux
Dec 7, 2007, 16 :00 UTC (18 Talkback[s]) (14539 reads)

(Other stories by Nick Farrell)

"Seagate's latest batch of drives, the ironically titled Free Agent series are not compatible with the Open Sauce operating system Linux.

"As an INQ reader, who owns two 320s and 500s (USB2) pointed out to us, Seagate designers must have been working overtime to manage that feat. Linux runs his ancient Arcnet card, the latest DVB-c/s/t cards and even the more obscure studio-grade A/D/A converters. It cannot manage the latest from Seagate..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
One wonders what quality assurance Seaga ...   Astonishing   
Rob
Dec 7, 2007, 16:29:19
 
Just a big pain in the *** and one more  ...   Not a huge problem for Linux users ...   
George Mitchell
Dec 7, 2007, 16:36:17
 
Please RTFA before slamming Seagate.  Th ...   Please read it before slamming Seagate   
Tommy
Dec 7, 2007, 17:36:57
 
It's astonishing that I have two of  ...   Astonishing is right   
Random CIO
Dec 7, 2007, 18:03:09
 
> One wonders what quality assurance Sea ...   Re: Astonishing   
Fred Williams
Dec 7, 2007, 18:24:22
 
> not compatible with the Open Sauce ope ...   Spelling Error   
anon
Dec 7, 2007, 18:37:40
 
I've had a Free Agent 750G for about ...   Erm, mine works...   
Dave Marsh
Dec 7, 2007, 18:38:51
 
What's Open Sauce?  Is Ketchup open  ...   Disgruntled Grammatician   
Disgruntled Grammatician
Dec 7, 2007, 18:40:40
 
> Please RTFA before slamming Seagate.   ...   Re: Please read it before slamming Seagate   
Don Brock
Dec 7, 2007, 19:35:50
 
> What's Open Sauce?  Is Ketchup ope ...   Re: Disgruntled Grammatician   
Phillip Brown
Dec 7, 2007, 21:11:42
 
"As our reader points out this is a, "fa ...   Support   
GH
Dec 8, 2007, 06:28:31
 
Just because hardware works does not sto ...   Re: Astonishing is right   
Fred Williams
Dec 8, 2007, 14:36:40
 
My Fedora core 5 likes these drives & so ...   A bit of silly nonsence   
Gnoo Nix
Dec 9, 2007, 05:28:51
 
The workaround does indeed work, however ...   It gets hot!!   
otheos
Dec 9, 2007, 10:04:54
 
> > Please RTFA before slamming Seagate. ...   Re: Re: Please read it before slamming Seagate   
otheos
Dec 9, 2007, 10:07:42
 
Digging in my email backup I found Seaga ...   Seagate considers workaround as solution   
otheos
Dec 9, 2007, 10:12:14
 
A couple of years ago I built the Asus Z ...   Seagate Makes Quiet Drives   
NLK
Dec 9, 2007, 22:49:09
 
Seagate and Maxtor storage solutions do  ...   Linux and Segate   
Nathan
Dec 11, 2007, 00:47:15
 
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