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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: 12 Feb 1997 16:01:40 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <slrn5g135j.nml.exfjnzl@c01021-111poe.eos.ncsu.edu>,
Ravi K. Swamy <exfjnzl@rbf.apfh.rqh> wrote:
> But what about the various IDE interfaces? I seem to remember a
> FreeBSD core member stating that 3 out of 5 IDE interfaces were
> broken and that like all sane people everybody should go out and
> buy a good SCSI controller and SCSI drives.
I've yet to find a broken IDE interface, well, except for one that was really
broken (it ate a power surge. Even DOS couldn't see it).
I'd still recommend you go with SCSI, even if you never use FreeBSD, just
because it's so much easier.
And, yes, IDE/ATAPI CDROMs are supported.
(genom.com? Muahahahaha!)
--
The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH.
Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-'