On Wed, 1 May 2002, at 10:35am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Of course, if the system Ben is bringing has a CD burner, we can burn > there as well.
It does have a CD burner. As of last night, it does not, unfortunately, have a hard disk. I'm hoping to pick one up after work today. Since I need it in a hurry, it is going to be ATA, not my usual SCSI. BestBuy does not stock SCSI. :) Given the way prices have fallen on ATA drives (and not SCSI) while performance has increased, I am thinking ATA is a better choice at this time anyway. So, does anyone have any opinions about ATA hard disks? I am looking at the 80 GB Western Digital model WD800BB: http://www.wdc.com/products/current/drives.asp?Model=WD800BB The only other alternative I am likely to find at a local shop appears to be Maxtor, and both the specs and the warranty are not as good for the Maxtor as they are for the WDC units. My motherboard has a High-Point HPT370 ATA controller built-in. Does anyone know if this controller works with Linux? Do I need a special driver? Are there any special tweaks I should use to make it perform well? I have never even hooked anything up to it before now. Any pointers appreciated. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
