On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 06:49:55AM -0700, JS wrote:
> Hi David and Nate,
> 
> Thanks for the info.  However, I think the problem was
> with the router, so when I contacted my ISP for an IP
> of their nameserver and put that in, every thing began
> to work as it should. 
> 
> But, I am also having some issues installing some
> packages on the system.  An error message keeps coming
> up saying that my temporary directory is full.  I
> figure this is most likely caused by the really small
> disk, only 540 mb, its running on.  So I would like to
> get an external drive to supplement the internal one
> (there's no room for another internal drive in the
> case and I would rather not replace the drive I got
> working already).  But what kind of drive would be
> most compatible with NetBSD, scsi or usb?  Whatever
> one I choose, I also need to get a controller pci card
> too, so if you have any suggestions on which card
> works the best, that would be great.

SCSI will probably be faster than USB.
LSI-based SCSI adapters works fine (for example, tekram 390U, 390U2 or 390U3)

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