From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 18 21:18:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA10651 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:18:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt1-246.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA10645 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:18:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA02716; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:33:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199811190133.TAA02716@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Doug White cc: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?P=E5l_Sommerhein?= , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Need advice on what motherboard to pick (and SCSI controller + drive) In-reply-to: Message from Doug White of "Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:59:25 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:33:19 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id VAA10647 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug White writes: > > Should I go for an onboard SCSI controller(host adapter)? > > Your call, depends on how many devices you plan to stuff in there. having > it onboard saves a slot but limits your upgradability. How does an onboard SCSI limit upgradability? Of one has saved a slot then one still has a slot to put yet another SCSI card in. One MB SCSI is not going to prevent a card SCSI from working properly. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message