From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 3 05:44:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA07708 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 05:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA07702 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 05:44:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) id HAA06816; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 07:44:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199707031244.HAA06816@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Hard drives To: darrylb@lizard.org (Darryl Bowler) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 07:44:18 -0500 (CDT) Cc: airwalk@neumedia.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199707031216.NAA17070@blinx.lizard.org> from Darryl Bowler at "Jul 3, 97 01:16:16 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Darryl Bowler said: > > I am ordering a new hard drive to run freebsd on and I have an adaptec > > 2940 controller. I am thinking about either a 2.1 gig Western Digital > > Ultra Wide SCSI for $525, or a Quantum Atlas ultra-Wide 2.2 gig 5 yr > > warranty for $450. Does anyone have any recommendations ? I am also > > putting in a Intel EtherExpress 10/100 network card. Is this card ok ? Be sure to get the Pro 10/100B, or you won't work. I've got this card in a couple machines and its great. They worked very well in 10Mb mode, and now are on a switched hub and are doing great on 100Mb + synchronous mode. I've run 2.1.6, 2.1.7, 2.1.7.1, 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 on the card without problems. Paul. -- The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad. -- Salvador Dali