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- From: spcberto@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Adding a 3rd (and 4th...) hard drive
- Keywords: hard drive
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.154914.27189@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 15:49:14 GMT
- Article-I.D.: midway.1992Nov17.154914.27189
- References: <1992Oct30.225037.28396@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: U of Chicago, SSPPCC
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- In article <1992Oct30.225037.28396@midway.uchicago.edu> spcberto@psyche.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) writes:
- >I have two hard drives. Recently I moved DOS & Windows stuff off my D:
- >drive onto my C: drive, then installed Linux on my second (formerly D:)
- >drive. It's getting awfully crowded on my primary (Stacked) drive, and
- >I can see already that my Linux drive is not going to be big enough.
- >
- >I'd like to add a 3rd drive to my system. What are the issues surrounding
- >this? In particular,
- >
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
- >--Is the Plus Hardcard guaranteed to coexist with any other drives you
- > might have in your system?
-
- I called the tech department of the Quantum Corp., and they confirmed that
- their HardCard series will indeed work with any existing drive, and any
- number of existing drives, in one's system. I can do without the hassles
- of SCSI, so I will probably be adding a Quantum HardCard as my 3rd drive.
-
- Bob Osterlund
- berto@clio.spc.uchicago.edu
- SSPPCC--University of Chicago
-