Subject: Re: 9500 HD options
To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gerardo_=C1lvarez?= <galvarez3d@gmail.com>
From: Russell McManus <russell_mcmanus@yahoo.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 04/25/2005 08:37:22
Gerardo =C1lvarez <galvarez3d@gmail.com> writes:

> I have received a 9500, I want to use it for ftp/web/SQL-PHP serving.
> I have somehow/somewhat installed 2.0 on it but now I find its 2 GB HD
> is way too small for what I need (call me greedy if you want)
> It came with three external noisy hard disks, which add up 45 Gb.
> These disks are SCA. Is this supported under netbsd-macppc?
> Other possible solution would be to get a PCI-SATA adapter, like this
> one (http://www.sonnettech.com/publicfiles/pdfs/pdf_datasheets/temposata_=
datasheet.pdf)
> and then some cheaper HD. Althought this is not cheap, it seems a
> viable solution since the PCI card can be reused on almost any other
> PCI mac. Is this supported / advisable?
> Or find some SCSI HD in ebay, although I have looked around and waht I
> find is not cheap (I live in spain)
> What would you recommend?

Why not get a PCI IDE card and stick in a huge check IDE disk?

-russ