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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.etri.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!snunews.snu.ac.kr!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-3.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-ana-24.sprintlink.net!servers!bmec.hscbklyn.edu!zakaid99 From: David Zakai <zakaid99@hscbklyn.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: SCSI or IDE hard drive/CD-ROM Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 21:55:40 -0400 Organization: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Lines: 13 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960815214948.23515A-100000@bmec.hscbklyn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmec.hscbklyn.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Purchase decision: SCSI or IDE hard drive/CD-ROM for new Pentium 166 MHz, PCI system. Why? Cost. Is it a mistake to use 2 gigabyte EIDE drive with FreeBSD instead of 2.1 gig SCSI drive? The EIDE system is several hundred dollars cheaper. -- David Zakai zakaid99@hscbklyn.edu