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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:47931 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3806 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:60282 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2512 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!uunet!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!decwrl!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!wetware!spunky.RedBrick.COM!psinntp!psinntp!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 06:28:05 GMT Message-ID: <CA55yu.vD@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> References: <hastyCA2CCK.L9E@netcom.com> <21srqe$25t@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> <1993Jul13.154658.10146@alw.nih.gov> Lines: 22 In article <1993Jul13.154658.10146@alw.nih.gov> crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) writes: > What's really worried me about SCSI interfaces for 386bsd, is that I've > seen discussed on comp.os.386bsd.*, only *ONE* brand name, with only > *ONE* model, and even there, there are difficulties in the choice of > the A or B model suffix. In the IDE world there are Quantum, Conner, > Maxtor, and a host of others, delivering a commodity. And they all > seem to work. At least I haven't heard any queries about this or > that IDE drive not working with 386bsd. You're confusing drives with SCSI host adapters. As wide a variety of drives work with the Adaptec and Ultrastor controllers (two of them) that BSD support, as work with the IDE interfaces. And, in general, a second drive will more often work with SCSI than with IDE, as some IDE drives don't work with other manufacturer's drives. You can also use the DPT caching controller in emulation mode, pretend it's IDE, and stick SCSI drives on it. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Hefur pu fadmad ulfinn i dag? 'U` "Det er min ledsager, det er ikke drikkepenge."