Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:03:15 +0300 From: "ANdrei" <lists@hausro.de> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: building an old-hardware server Message-ID: <04fb01c6c052$6ad7d9e0$857ba8c0@Rage> References: <200607201318.k6KDIOKH092991@lurza.secnetix.de><049d01c6c005$dfee6570$857ba8c0@Rage><200608142217.16569.ogautherot@vtr.net> <16653.137.154.16.31.1155617267.squirrel@webmail.bong.com.au>
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hi Dean > realteks nics are horrible, if you have a 3c905b floating around *use it* > you should be able to pick them up for about $2 if someone rips you off, > also intel etherexpress 100/B's are good as well, they will also be > in a local pile of old parts for $2. yeah, I was thinking the same. > Any network card drive that comes compiled with a release kernel can > safely be considered very usable. also, dont be worried if a network card > chip > has bugs, they often do, and to confuse things, chips with lots of > clones tend to have different bugs depending on who made the chip > (the digital 'tulip' ones, KNE110TX previously mentioned is one, had > many manufacturers and varried bugs and quirks) I have to build another old-hardware server in some weeks, so I will then use the KNE11TX maybe... Also have a SMC around, seems to be bug-free driver... Usually when I have an alternative, I use the best one, so I might go for SMC ;) > 1 gig hard disks are a waste of time, space and money. How about 2gig ones? ;) I actually don't pay anything for these, but would have to pay for other ones... only have those and two 4GB IDEs, but I thought SCSI to be faster and less CPU killing... We have enough space here, just no money for this server :) thanks for your reply! ANdrei
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