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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!europa.clark.net!news.mathworks.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news-relay.ncren.net!nntp-xfer.ncsu.edu!news From: exfjnzl@rbf.apfh.rqh (Ravi K. Swamy) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 12 Feb 1997 19:27:16 GMT Organization: Gunsmith Cats Lines: 35 Message-ID: <slrn5g46ck.8vo.exfjnzl@c00591-2411br.eos.ncsu.edu> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <tx6804aigt.fsf@ime.usp.br> <5dpg38$1th@innocence.interface-business.de> <slrn5g135j.nml.exfjnzl@c01021-111poe.eos.ncsu.edu> <5dsph4$457@web.nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c00591-2411br.eos.ncsu.edu X-Anti-Spam-Message: use rot13 to decode my email address or get from .sig X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.0-1 BETA UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157932 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2473 In article <5dsph4$457@web.nmti.com>, Peter da Silva wrote: >In article <slrn5g135j.nml.exfjnzl@c01021-111poe.eos.ncsu.edu>, >Ravi K. Swamy <exfjnzl@rbf.apfh.rqh> wrote: >> But what about the various IDE interfaces? I seem to remember a >> FreeBSD core member stating that 3 out of 5 IDE interfaces were >> broken and that like all sane people everybody should go out and >> buy a good SCSI controller and SCSI drives. > >I've yet to find a broken IDE interface, well, except for one that was really >broken (it ate a power surge. Even DOS couldn't see it). The problems with the RZ1000 were documented in several trade rags. It works 99.9% of the time but there are possibilities of data corruption. >I'd still recommend you go with SCSI, even if you never use FreeBSD, just >because it's so much easier. I actually have a nice Buslogic BT-948 in my computer but it's only being used for my optical drive. I know what to buy now, I didn't a few years ago. >And, yes, IDE/ATAPI CDROMs are supported. > >(genom.com? Muahahahaha!) would you prefer tyrell.com? :) > The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH. I too am an ordained minister of the ULC and have ordained several others as well. -- Ravi K. Swamy http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rkswamy/www/ rkswamy at eos.ncsu.edu root@genom.com