On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Linc Fessenden wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Jack Lloyd wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Linc Fessenden wrote:
> >
> > > You would be amazed at what you can do with a roll of velcro.
> >
> > Yes, I've considered it. But I've seen way too many disks die that way
> > (mostly in Macs). I don't care about the disks themselves; if one died
> > every 6 months, that gives me two years of decent use, which is fine,
> > because by then I will (hopefully) have a decent job and I'll just go buy
> > an Ultra60 or something :). But I don't want to go through the hassle of
> > realizing it died, pulling it, putting in a new one, setting everything up,
> > etc. Especially with the chance of it taking something else out with it.
> >
> > -J
> >
>
> Velcro causes your disks to die?  Huh?

I would presume you meant wrapping the disks. I've seen disks die fast with
this. An old DNS server we were using chewed through two or three disks in
a year like this.