From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 17 15:54:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA28669 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:54:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.com (dyn051-gnv.51.fdt.net [205.229.51.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA28662 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:54:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (frankd@localhost) by Kryten.nina.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA20607 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 18:51:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Kryten.nina.com: frankd owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 18:51:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Comments wanted on new system Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am assembling a new system to run FreeBSD. The proposed hardware currently consists of : Asus P6RP4 Pentium Pro 200 motherboard 64 megs RAM Asus SC200 SCSI controller I had originally wanted to get a 4.3 GB hard drive for this system but the price (900-1000) is prohibitive. I am therefore considering 2-3 1.0-1.6 GB drives at 250-300 each (all prices are USD). Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations to make about this idea? Any favorite drives to recommend? I am also looking for suggestions for a tape backup at a reasonable price. All comments and suggestions are welcome as I am not very familiar with SCSI peripherals. Thanks, Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House.