mobo@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Samuel Wilson) (01/31/88)
In article <1463@boulder.Colorado.EDU> heuring@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Vincent Heuring) writes: > >He went to try the Novell network at a local dealer, and found, he >says, that the network will support only disk drives of 49 MB or >less. His needs are such that a 150 MB disk is required, and >... Maybe he heard wrong; maybe the guy said "16 gigabytes" (the current limit) and the wax in his ears transformed the sound waves to the pattern "49 megabytes" (:-). Or maybe the dealer only had 50Mb drives in stock... Sam -- Samuel Wilson ..ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!mobo mobo@sphinx.uchicago.edu University of Chicago, Division of Social Sciences
gof@crash.cts.com (Jerry Fountain) (01/31/88)
In article <1463@boulder.Colorado.EDU> heuring@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Vincent Heuring) writes: > >I am posting this for a friend who is thinking about installing >a Novell network of pc's. > >Warning: I know almost nothing about Novell networks, so no flames >please if the question seems stupid. > >He went to try the Novell network at a local dealer, and found, he >says, that the network will support only disk drives of 49 MB or >less. His needs are such that a 150 MB disk is required, and >he is quite bummed by this. He says that he called Novell, and they >are no help. > My advice would be to find a new dealer. No offence but Novell does indeed support larger drives. I am currently running a system with 110 Meg on-line and am about to add another 180 Meg. As for Novell's support, just find a good dealer as that should be all the average user will ever need. Usual disclamers, just a satisfied user/installer -- -----Jerry Fountain----- UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd,sdcsvax,nosc}!crash!pnet01!gof ARPA: crash!gof@nosc.mil MAIL: 523 Glen Oaks Dr., Alpine, Calif. 92001 INET: gof@pnet01.CTS.COM