From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 3 05:10:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA06218 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 05:10:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blinx.lizard.org (blinx.wms.co.uk [194.159.247.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA06213 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 05:10:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from darrylb@localhost) by blinx.lizard.org (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA17070; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:16:16 +0100 (BST) From: Darryl Bowler Message-Id: <199707031216.NAA17070@blinx.lizard.org> Subject: Re: Hard drives To: airwalk@neumedia.net (Lee Black) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:16:16 +0100 (BST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <33BAE67B.553FECDB@neumedia.net> from Lee Black at "Jul 2, 97 04:38:35 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I am ordering a new hard drive to run freebsd on and I have an adaptec > 2940 controller. I am thinking about either a 2.1 gig Western Digital > Ultra Wide SCSI for $525, or a Quantum Atlas ultra-Wide 2.2 gig 5 yr > warranty for $450. Does anyone have any recommendations ? I am also > putting in a Intel EtherExpress 10/100 network card. Is this card ok ? > > I hear that the IBM Ultrastar was a good, fast disk at a reasonable price. My experience of Quantum Atlas, are that their are good disk, but get very hot very quickly. Regards Darryl -- ******************************************************************************* http://www.lizard.org/ Web Cache: www.lizard.org 3128 Tel:+44 (0)966 197371 Free Web Space - webmaster@lizard.org Just remember...Captain Pugwash..."One eyed Jack shot seamen Stains all over the deck!" *******************************************************************************