jcbst3@cisunx.UUCP (James C. Benz) (03/30/89)
Sender: Jim Benz at Pitt Reply-To: jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (James C. Benz) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Keywords: I am considering adding a bigger hard drive to my 3B2 300 systems here, and would like to know if anyone has any advice or info about how this is to be done. I have heard a suggestion that good drives for the 3B are Maxtor 1140 and 2190, but some cautions were also mentioned. Specifically, how easy is it to format these drives from a 3B and how to do it. My info has it that either of these drives can be used in place of either the on-board 32MB drive or an XM 72MB drive - i.e., they are the same size and appear to be compatible interfaces. So, two questions: 1) Where can I obtain these drives and information about them 2) Anyone out there ever used one of these drives with a 3B2 and how did you accomplish installation, formatting, etc, and with what degree of success Specifically what I would like to do is to replace the 32MB on-board drive with the 72MB drive from the XM module, and install the Maxtor monster drive (140 or 190 MB) in the XM cabinet. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Jim Benz jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu If a modem University of Pittsburgh answers, UCIR (412) 648-5930 hang up!