Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:07:08 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: general questions about 7.0 and computer efficiency...... Message-ID: <20080806000707.GA56589@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20080805210852.GA52496@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080805181926.GA24000@thought.org> <20080805183320.GE60428@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20080805185612.GC47096@thought.org> <20080805192406.GA60931@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20080805204528.GA51027@thought.org> <20080805210852.GA52496@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 11:08:52PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:45:28PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:24:06PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 11:56:12AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > > > the datasheets for the 40G drives are lost lost. > > > > > > Oh, come now! If you still know what make and model the drives are, the > > > datasheets are available online. > > > > > > > sure they're online,but i don't remember whether they were Seagate or > > something else. and putting then in was a nightmare. > > The command "dmesg|grep '^da'" should tell you the make and model of the > disks. If you have SCSI, use '^ad' instead of '^da'. Well, well. i found my high-end SCSI adaptor. couldn't remember where it got stashed, :-) Anyway, yup, found the drive. i's a WD400BB. I just hope this puppy lasts another several months. Oh, but then i need help to swap it out. This brings me to my next question which is:: It it better to buy a proprietary make like Dell or HP or stick to something more generic? Let's assume that i could handle the hardware end myself. what would you suggest? gary PS; I'Ll post this separately, but just wondering.... > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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