From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 1 18:13:48 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id SAA19721 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 18:13:48 -0800 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA19714 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 18:13:39 -0800 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id SAA00267; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 18:12:17 -0800 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199504020212.SAA00267@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: 4 gig st15150n disk setups To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 18:12:17 -0800 (PST) Cc: kimc@w8hd.w8hd.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <28362.796768238@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Apr 1, 95 12:30:38 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 971 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > I've been running on one 4GB and on 8.6GB pretty _heavily_ with no problems > > > whatsoever for a few weeks now! > > > > What manuf. and model are these drives? > > 4GB - Quantum Grand Prix 4.3GB (nice drive, and my current favorite at > <$1,400) And can I ask who sells this for <$1400??? > The other is a 8.6GB (Seagate sells it as a "9") 5.25" horror which we > actually do not like all that much but it does admittedly do the job. > I don't have the model number at the moment since it escapes my memory > and the machine is down so I can't get it out of dmesg, either.. Foo. ST-410800N perhaps.... If you don't like that drive you might try the Micropolis MC1991, I always prefer Micropolis over Seagate, they seem to know how to make a write behind buffer that actaully works. > Jordan -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD