From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 29 19:57:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-76-236.knology.net [24.214.76.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7A437B71B for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:57:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2U3ufP40364; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:56:41 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Message-Id: <200103300356.f2U3ufP40364@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Christopher Farley Cc: Marc W , Wayne Pascoe , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI controller + CD Writer combo In-Reply-To: Message from Christopher Farley of "Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:26:30 CST." <20010329202628.B17523@northernbrewer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:56:41 -0600 From: David Kelly Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Christopher Farley writes: > Marc W (mwlist@lanfear.com) wrote: > > > > > if inexpensive is a requirement, then SCSI is not the way to go. > > But if full CD-RW functionality under FreeBSD is a requirement, SCSI is > essential... I currently have ATAPI CD-RW on one box and SCSI on another. If you want to run cdrdao I think you are stuck with SCSI. I don't see any advantage of cdrecord over burncd other than complexity, which isn't an advantage. Recently one online place I have purchased from had Symbios '825 based PCI cards for $40. No longer listed on their site. That would be an excellent choice for a CD-RW and/or tape drive. The '875 based card will cost more but should be easier to find. Have been pleased with my HP-9200 8/4/32 SCSI drive. And with my Sony 12/8/32 ATAPI. A Philips 804 (8/4/32) was miserable under FreeBSD and Windows. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message