From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 12 04:42:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA21006 for current-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:42:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA20987; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:42:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id NAA10429; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 13:30:32 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with SMTP id MAA02670; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 12:28:36 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 12:28:35 +0100 (MET) From: Andreas Klemm To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: Steve Passe , smp@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: GigaByte GA-586DX-512 Motherboard In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-try-apsfilter: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz X-Fax: +49 2137 2018 X-Phone: +49 2137 2020 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations on drives? Or, any drives > in particular I should stick away from? I heard that SeaGate went downhill > for awhile there...anyone have a current opinion of them? Quantum Atlas 2GB, the 4GB modell is too loud for a home environment. Both drives have 1 MB cache ! Another fast, but loud and expensive drive, is the IBM DHFS .... sorry forgot the model number. The Quantum drives are also available as wide scsi disks. Andreas /// -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<