[5632] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Comments wanted on Red Hat 4.0 system
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Weible)
Fri Nov 22 17:28:16 1996
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 14:42:48 -0700 (MST)
From: Todd Weible <toddw@cyberhighway.net>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Tim Hockin wrote:
> > 1 PS/2-sytle bus mouse controller and port
>
> I prefer serial mice...they do not need an IRQ like ps/2
Is this something specific to Linux I don't know about? My serial mouse
uses COM1 which is IRQ 4. Most PS/2 use IRQ 12, so in my experience, PS/2
uses fewer resources, since it may be useful to have a lower IRQ available
for legacy hardware.
[snip]
>
> > 1 2GB EIDE hard disk drive
> > 1 2GB SCSI hard disk drive
> > Don't want all my eggs in one basket, so two drives on two
> > controllers.
>
> bah! Skip IDE altogether. get 2 SCSI 2.1 GB Barracuda drives... just
> make sure they stay cool ;)
Yep, agreed. I have a Barracuda and it is nice. If you need to have
controller backup, I would get two SCSI controllers, or an Adaptec 3940UW
which has two SCSI channels for up to 30 devices.
[more snip]
Todd Weible
toddw@cyberhighway.net
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