From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jul 22 11:44: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0688C14DC7 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:43:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id LAA28423; Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:42:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:42:33 -0700 (PDT) From: rick hamell To: David Wolfskill Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware In-Reply-To: <199907221453.HAA61090@pau-amma.whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > The case did have some brass stand-offs, similar to the hardware on > either side of typical external connectors -- male-threaded on one end, > female on the other. ("Hermaphrodite," I suppose.) The ATX Specs specify the brass standoffs instead of the old plastic snap in ones. :) > (I did note, though, that the cables supplied with the motherboard were > one floppy cable & one IDE cable... even though the motherboard has 2 > IDE controllers. I thought it would be a good idea to make the CD the > master for the secondary IDE, so it doesn't slow down access to the > disk. Maybe I'll try picking up another cable, along with the adapter, > tonight.) It is a good idea. Usually (If you don't buy an OEM CDROM,) the second IDE cable you need is included with it. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message