sdodd@apollo.HP.COM (Stephen Dodd) (02/10/90)
A/UX users:
I've just ordered A/UX 1.1.1 on cassette tape, along with X11R3,
however I still haven't gotten a hard drive. I considered getting
the Apple 80 meg, but was told that with X and A/UX disk space would
be cramped. So in short I'm in the market for a 100+ meg hard drive.
I already have a internal 40 mag in my SE/30, and I want to keep
that one strictly for MacOS type stuff. I've looked around for a
third party drives, but I'm not sure what to get. The type of drive
I'd like to get is an external zero foot print with a 3.5" mechnism,
with software that will format it for a boot configuration.
Some of the drives I'm considering are:
SuperMac DataFrameXP100 (not a zero footprint)
MicronNet 100
GCC UltraS 100
Mirror 100P
LaCie 100
Can anyone give me some ideas on what to get. I'm open for
any suggestions. root@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) (02/12/90)
I've got A/UX running on an external LaCie 105. LaCie's partitioning software, Silver- Lining, is probably the most flexible package available. It allows you to create extra Unix partitions in any combination to take advantage of the entire disk. Initially, A/UX wants to install into partitions that occupy 80 meg or so (thinks everything is a 80 meg drive). You can use SilverLining to add additional /usr partitions that can be mounted and used transparently. Besides, you can't beat their 5 year warrantee.... Chuck Shotton cshotton@girch1.hsch.utexas.edu ...!buster!brain!root
kempf@tci.bell-atl.com (Cory Kempf) (02/13/90)
sdodd@apollo.HP.COM (Stephen Dodd) writes: >A/UX users: > I've just ordered A/UX 1.1.1 on cassette tape, along with X11R3, >however I still haven't gotten a hard drive. I considered getting >the Apple 80 meg, but was told that with X and A/UX disk space would >be cramped. So in short I'm in the market for a 100+ meg hard drive. > Some of the drives I'm considering are: > > LaCie 100 I have a LaCie 600MB disk at home... it is running A/UX and MacOS. The software that they provide works rather well... it will set up the 'standard' A/UX partition set, allow you to customize the partitions, and has support for the A/UX partitions (the non-standard ones). Unfortunately, there software has a rather minor bug -- you can't set up an A/UX partition with an arbitrary name. (this can be easily worked around) Other than that, I am happy with the software. They also provide MacOS disk share software and promise to send you a free printer share program when the write it... someday... Unfortunately, they don't have a disk share program for A/UX <--> Mac file shareing. sigh. +C -- Cory Kempf Technology Concepts phone: (508) 443-7311 x341 uucp: {anywhere}!uunet!tci!kempf, kempf@tci.bell-atl.com DISCLAIMER: TCI is not responsible for my opinions, nor I for theirs
consp22@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) (02/14/90)
Apple makes a 160 Meg hard drive that you can buy. It is very fast and got good reveiws. (I am pretty sure) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Consp22@Bingsuns.pod.binghamton.edu | SUNY-B Computer Consultants - | | Consp22@Bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | Trying to keep the world safe from | |---------------------------------------| the SUNY-B Computer users. | | System Consultant - World Computers |-------------------------------------| | Computer Cons. - SUNY Binghamton | Darren `Mac Hack' Handler | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| I don't know if I am going to heaven or hell, I just hope God grades on a curve