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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!news.oc.com!spssig.spss.com!uchinews!machine!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) Subject: Re: 386BSD and IDE drives Message-ID: <Bv32LD.K9t@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX References: <1992Sep23.212547.15460@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <19r0h6INNp42@aludra.usc.edu> <1992Sep24.022400.19483@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 12:56:01 GMT Lines: 28 In article <1992Sep24.022400.19483@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >Now I wouldn't buy an IDE drive at all, since I expect to eventually install >386BSD on all machines in unlocked offices. 8-). 8-). Something is very wrong here. My experience is that IDE drives are great for UNIX and IDEAL for 386bsd. Main reason is that, like SCSI, they hide bad sectors from the OS. Never a need to run bad144 or worry about bad sectors. Second, for a 1 or 2 drive system, IDE is a non-negligable amount less cost than SCSI. I can get 425 meg IDE drives for $825. Controllers are just about free, and include a pair of serial ports and a parallel port. My main UNIX system, chinet, has a pair of 425 meg IDE's and a 600 meg SCSI on an adaptek 1542b. The IDE's are as fast, if not faster than the SCSI. I have 5 different 386bsd systems sitting around for playing with, including a laptop, and they all use IDEs ranging from 40 meg to a pair of 425s. Never a problem with bad sectors. Fast as any of my RLL, ESDI, or SCSI drives under DOS, UNIX, OS/2. IDE is not the best solution for all hi-performance situations, but for the price, and the ease of 386bsd installation, they can't be beat. -- I am created Shiva the Destroyer; Death, the shatterer of worlds! Who is this dog meat who stands before me now? That's the biz, sweetheart. Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us