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From: blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI -- FreeBSD 1.1.5.1
Date: 18 Nov 1994 07:17:41 GMT
Organization: AWA Defence Industries
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In-reply-to: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au's message of 15 Nov 1994 13:27:15 +1000
>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Homewood <phil@rivendell.apana.org.au> writes:
In article <3a99qj$jtb@rivendell.apana.org.au> phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood) writes:
Phil> Brett Lymn (blymn@awadi.com.au) wrote:
>> cd-roms all on the one card. Yeah sure, there is EIDE which
>> addresses some of the limitations of IDE (like the size
>> limitation and lack of CD-ROM) but it's still a kludge coz you
>> only can cope with 2 devices whereas SCSI will cope with up to
>> 7 devices.
Phil> 4 devices per EIDE card - at least on the cards that are
Phil> floating around these parts.....
Oy Vey - 2, 4 what does it matter? It's still not as flexible and
reliable as SCSI. I know here at work we have trouble with some IDE
disks not liking being slaves and will only work as masters. I still
say the whole idea of IDE sucks big time (this is, of course, MHO).
It has so many klutzy little limitations that will bite you later on.
Better to start off with with something that is flexible and can
support all sorts of devices. SCSI has stood the test of time very
well considering it has been around for at least 10 years that I know
of....
--
Brett Lymn