Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:11:01 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: shocking@prth.pgs.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Narrow SCSI controllers, and using WIDE drives with them Message-ID: <199804200611.BAA00769@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199804200429.VAA03887@antipodes.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Apr 19, 98 09:29:10 pm"
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> > > > Is it possible, and if you have one of those 50 pin flat ribbon cables, is it > > possible to buy adaptors for those D-plug style connectors? > > Yes. > > > Stephen, whose boot barracuda is dying, and is considering IDE Ultra DMA. > > Even without the "ultra" word, if you only have a single disk, and the > machine is a workstation, and you don't plan on swapping heavily, IDE > is very effective. > Another caveat (and I am IDE addict, due to cost), is that IDE drives often seem to have infant mortality problems. I like IDE, but have also lost about 1/4 of the drives that I have bought due to early failures. Suggestion: do not trust your drive until you have used it for awhile. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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