Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:56:31 +0100 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com> To: Martin Nilsson <martin@svenskabutiker.se> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum versus abit Message-ID: <3A1981EF.24B22EA9@eboa.com> References: <3A1922AE.906CCCA6@svenskabutiker.se>
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Martin Nilsson wrote: > > ... > I tried to remove one IDE cable from my motherboard and then starting the > computer. Result: THE HPT370 BIOS HUNG, when detecting drives and the machine > never even tried to boot. Nice! Vinum would do way much better than that! > As usual Taiwanese hardware proves itself as cheap junk that never fails > to disappoint the advanced user. Not good :). > Use Vinum, then you know how it works or buy a real card, I have heard > that the 3ware ones are good and not that expensive for a two disk solution. Thank you and everyone else that chipped in. Looks like the deal is that vinum still rules mayhap beaten by 3ware. Think I'll go with vinum since I'm not bothered by the boot problem thanks to a separate SCSI disk. Wish I had the budget to go with a full SCSI setup but not for this project at this time, alas. Roelof To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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