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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!hilbert.dnai.com!usenet From: Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Using Fast Wide SCSI2 HD Date: 27 Dec 1995 09:49:33 GMT Organization: Direct Network Access Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4br4rd$dol@hilbert.dnai.com> References: <4bqh1v$i0t@styx.uwa.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.dnai.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) X-URL: news:4bqh1v$i0t@styx.uwa.edu.au tiger@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Adrian Khoo) wrote: >Could anyone please help me.... is there any thing i need to know before >installing a fast wide scsi2 hd on a freebsd machine? Im getting 2 x >4.2gig Baracude Fast Wide SCSI 2 hdd... with a NCR Fast Wide Scsi2 >controller.. I recommend using FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE ( or later ). The FAST/WIDE drives will work better on this release. Also, my personal prejudice would be to get 4 x 2Gig F/W drives rather than your 2 x 4Gig, but it is more expensive unfortunately... Out of curiousity, which OEM-ed NCR/Symbios controller are you using? --Karl