From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 14 21:22:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12644 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:22:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au [203.17.66.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA12614 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 04:21:43 GMT (envelope-from Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.23.1]) by gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IVWGIDLWIO000NVD@gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:20:14 +1000 Received: from cbd.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-10 #23324) with ESMTP id <01IVWGIAF5V4C2JOJS@cim.alcatel.com.au>; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:20:10 +1000 Received: from gsms01.alcatel.com.au by cbd.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IVWGI7W69CAZTRET@cbd.alcatel.com.au>; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:20:06 +1100 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsms01.alcatel.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) id OAA24462; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:20:04 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:20:04 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Solid-StateDisk To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: accel@pacific.net.sg Message-id: <199804150420.OAA24462@gsms01.alcatel.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:05:44 +0800, Richard Goh wrote: >Due to high temperature and vibration, would like to replace the harddisk >with a solid state one. >Can this be done? Yes. >Anyone experienced with this? I haven't used them personally, but Seagate make a range of solid state disks. Other drive vendors might as well. I thought they included SCSI ones, but I can only find IPI (or flashcard) interfaces. These just appear as a fast harddisk to the system. Since you mention temperature, you should be aware that the DRAM-based disks dissipate lots of power. Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5247 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message