Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 21:22:14 -0500 From: craigh@msn.fullfeed.com (Craig A. Heilman) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: SCSI controller questions??? Message-ID: <v02120d00ac56c7e0078b@[199.184.183.2]>
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Hi all, I'm in the process of setting up my PC to run FreeBSD (I'll probably buy the Walnut Creek CD-ROM) and I have a few hardware questions. Here's my current hardware configuration: Magitronic full-tower PC with GA-486VS motherboard 486/DX2-80 CPU 8 MB RAM (should I upgrade to 16 for X-windows?) 256 KB level-2 cache 3 VL-Bus (VESA) slots 3 AT-Bus (ISA) slots 1 XT-Bus (?) slot AWARD Bios BI-711A VL-Bus graphics card (uses Cirrus CL-GD5428) driving a 15" monitor PTI-255W VL-Bus Super I/O Card uses Winbond W83759F, W83757AF, W83758P chipset 540 MB IDE hard drive (up to 3 additional supported) FDD floppy, HDD floppy 2 serial ports, 1 game port, 1 parallel port 3Com 3C501 Ethernet adapter (free from a friend) I want to get a SCSI controller to use with the following devices: 4mm DAT drive (APS) CD-ROM drive (recommendations?) additional hard drives (recommendations?) I would like to be able to boot into DOS/Windows/FreeBSD so would it be wise to get another hard drive? If so, should I partition each hard drive for a separate OS? I've read that the IDE drive has to be the boot drive (Adaptec literature) - can I put a minimal FreeBSD boot partition on the IDE drive but use a SCSI drive as the main drive (I'm assuming that a SCSI drive will be faster)? Should I get a VL-Bus version SCSI controller or an ISA version (I'm assuming it would be faster/more efficient in the VL-Bus slot)? Since I already have the I/O card, I suppose I just need a basic SCSI host card right? If you have a specific card that you think would fit my needs, feel free to recommend one (I've been looking at Adaptec & Buslogic). If you also want to recommend a distributer/dealer to buy from... Thanks much, Craig -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Craig A. Heilman Bugaboo Software * * bugsoft@msn.fullfeed.com Software Engineering & Consulting * * (608) 274-2003 http://www.msn.fullfeed.com/craigh/ * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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