Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:22:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@serv.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Time to upgrade---but not all at once. Message-ID: <XFMail.990527142215.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <199905270555.WAA17846@ralf.serv.net>
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On 27-May-99 Ken McGlothlen wrote:
>
> I'd like to be running 3.2-RELEASE (I'm currently still running
> 2.2.1-RELEASE).
> So here's the sequence I'm thinking about following:
>
> Upgrade my Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller to something else.
>
> I was thinking of the 2940UW, but now I see that Ultra2 SCSI
> LVD (whatever that is) has come out, so should I be
> considering the 2940U2W instead? And does FreeBSD support
> that yet?
> (Wasn't clear from the 3.2 release notes.)
Aye it does. The AHA2940U2W is a driver of the new CAM system and will run
nicely with 3.2.
> Upgrade my 2GB IBM drive to a 9GB (or larger) drive.
>
> I'm *really* behind on drives. What do y'all like at the
> moment? I'm leaning toward another IBM drive, but Quantum
> has also always been pretty good to me. Any preferences out
> there?
Quantum/Seagate have my preference...
> Upgrade the 3Com 3C900 10Mb/s ethernet card I have to something
> 100BaseT.
>
> Again, 'way behind on these. Anyone using the 3C905B-TX?
That's the xl0 driver =)
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven asmodai(at)wxs.nl
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