From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 13 16:38:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA03041 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:38:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from wall.jhs.no_domain (vector.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA03014; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:38:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhs@flip.jhs.no_domain) Received: from flip.jhs.no_domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by flip.jhs.no_domain (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA09254; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 00:27:00 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199710132227.AAA09254@flip.jhs.no_domain> To: darrylo@sr.hp.com cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Assembling new machine From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" X-Email: Home: Customer: X-Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany X-Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ (including PGP key) X-Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany X-Tel: Home: +49.89.268616 Work: +49.89.607.29788 X-Fax: Home: +49.89.2608126 Work: +49.89.607.32158 X-Data: Home: +49.89.26023276 X-Company: Vector Systems Ltd, Unix & Internet Consultants X-Mailer: EXMH 1.6.9 on FreeBSD (Unix) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Oct 1997 23:32:02 PDT." <199710100632.AA100695123@mina.sr.hp.com> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 00:26:58 +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Reference: > From: Darryl Okahata > Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 23:32:02 -0700 Darryl Okahata wrote: > Ollivier Robert wrote: > > > If you don't need a 7200 rpm drive, IBM has several good drives at 5400 > > rpm. They run slower but also cooler than 7200 ones. I have a DORS-32160 (2 > > > GB) and a DCAS-34330W (4 GB) and they run fine. Both are Ultra and the > > 34330W is of course also wide. > > Let me second the recommendation for the IBM 5400RPM DCAS 34330. > Although it's only a 5400 RPM drive, it's relatively fast -- comparable > to my old Quantum Atlas I's, which are 7200RPM drives. The IBM is also > a *lot* quieter and a *lot* cooler. The 4GB version is also pretty > inexpensive at $399 (http://www.basoncomputer.com), although this is for > a bare drive *without* instructions (you can get the basic information > off a sticker on the drive, or you can go to IBM's web site for detailed > drive information). [running 2.2.2-RELEASE], My IBM DCAS-34330 runs nice & cool, but first one got unrecoverable sector errs after transporting the system 20 kilometres in my car & then thrashing it (pc not car :-) for a while, installing my site master data there. So I bought another DCAS-34330, backed up, & reformatted the first. both run cool & quiet (well, quiet I suppose is a matter of opinion), I'd appreciate a URL for the disc, as I'm puzzled by the TI nego. pin. BTW I paid German DM 720 6 weeks ago & DM 680 last week (retail shop price). Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/