Re: SCSI Hard Drive Questions

1999-01-20 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 19 Jan 99 04:30:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/19/99 > at 12:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Wilderspin) said: >[...] >>It's pointless spending much extra money for SCSI, let alone Ultra2 Wide >>SCSI, on a single-user desktop machine. SCSI becomes very usef

Re: SCSI Hard Drive Questions

1999-01-19 Thread Helge Hafting
> Hi all, > > I'm considering purchasing a SCSI Hard Drive to hold my system on, > and I was wondering about debian/kernel support for the Adaptec AHA-2940 > UW vs. the Adaptec AHA-2940 U2W. Also, is it economical to pay the extra > $150 for an Ultra2 Wide controller and drive vs. an Ultra

Re: SCSI Hard Drive Questions

1999-01-19 Thread kaynjay
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/19/99 at 12:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Wilderspin) said: [...] >It's pointless spending much extra money for SCSI, let alone Ultra2 Wide >SCSI, on a single-user desktop machine. SCSI becomes very useful when >you've got more than half-a-dozen users or a busy

Re: SCSI Hard Drive Questions

1999-01-19 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 18 Jan 99 23:15:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oz Dror) wrote: > I have two systems one with 2940UW and seagate UW drive pentium 200MMX 128MB > RAM > > the second with aic7890 (which is like the 2940u2w) and a seagate u2w drive > pentium-II 400Mhz 256 MB ram > > > the second system clearly runs f

Re: SCSI Hard Drive Questions

1999-01-19 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Oz Dror <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I have two systems one with 2940UW and seagate UW drive pentium | 200MMX 128MB RAM | | the second with aic7890 (which is like the 2940u2w) and a seagate u2w drive | pentium-II 400Mhz 256 MB ram | | | the second system clearly runs faster. disc access

Re: SCSI Hard Drive Questions

1999-01-18 Thread Oz Dror
I have two systems one with 2940UW and seagate UW drive pentium 200MMX 128MB RAM the second with aic7890 (which is like the 2940u2w) and a seagate u2w drive pentium-II 400Mhz 256 MB ram the second system clearly runs faster. disc access is faster, it boots faster it takes about 4 minutes

SCSI Hard Drive Questions

1999-01-18 Thread Steve Beitzel
Hi all, I'm considering purchasing a SCSI Hard Drive to hold my system on, and I was wondering about debian/kernel support for the Adaptec AHA-2940 UW vs. the Adaptec AHA-2940 U2W. Also, is it economical to pay the extra $150 for an Ultra2 Wide controller and drive vs. an Ultra Wide? Wil