From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 10 21:57:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA2937B400 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:57:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1276D43E42 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:57:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA00112; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:56:54 -0600 (MDT) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook is dangerous and makes your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20020710224442.030d2ba0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:56:49 -0600 To: Terry Lambert , From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: 2u freebsd box and riser card drivers Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3D2C9C2F.91398132@mindspring.com> References: <20020710155003.GC500@malkavian.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 02:42 PM 7/10/2002, Terry Lambert wrote: >On a related note, I've been looking for a 1U case and riser that can >handle 2 cards (one right-side-up, the other up-side-down), i.e. the >cards go on opposite sides of the riser, with their connectors facing >each other: > > riser > card 1 ---. ,--- card 2 >--------------- |-+-| --------------- > ---' | `--- > | > | | | > | | motherboard >----------------+---+------------------------------ > >Anyone seen something like this? Preferrably, both 32 and 64 bit >versions... The Intel ISP1100 would fill the bill. Fits in 1U (though it's a DEEP 1U). You can find them on eBay or at Weird Stuff if you're in the Bay Area (which, as I recall, you are). Try to get one with at least a 700 MHz Pentium III. Works well with ECC DIMMs. Only catch is that one of the cards must be a "mini" PCI card. (The interface to the card is the same as PCI, but the bracket is shorter.) The BX chipset only supports UDMA-33, so you'll want to install a fast EIDE or SCSI card. I built one up recently.... Put a Promise Ultra100 into the full-sized slot (with Granite Digital Teflon cables -- they're the best!) and an Intel EtherExpress 100 card into the mini slot. I could have bought a short bracket for the NIC, but since they're hard to get (the form factor never caught on as a standard) I just used pliers and a nibbling tool to bend and cut the bracket that was already attached. System has worked perfectly 24x7 ever since. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message