From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Apr 19 23:11:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA10466 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 23:11:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA10455 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 06:11:30 GMT (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00769; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:11:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199804200611.BAA00769@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Narrow SCSI controllers, and using WIDE drives with them In-Reply-To: <199804200429.VAA03887@antipodes.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Apr 19, 98 09:29:10 pm" To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:11:01 -0500 (EST) Cc: shocking@prth.pgs.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > > Is it possible, and if you have one of those 50 pin flat ribbon cables, is it > > possible to buy adaptors for those D-plug style connectors? > > Yes. > > > Stephen, whose boot barracuda is dying, and is considering IDE Ultra DMA. > > Even without the "ultra" word, if you only have a single disk, and the > machine is a workstation, and you don't plan on swapping heavily, IDE > is very effective. > Another caveat (and I am IDE addict, due to cost), is that IDE drives often seem to have infant mortality problems. I like IDE, but have also lost about 1/4 of the drives that I have bought due to early failures. Suggestion: do not trust your drive until you have used it for awhile. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message