Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 13:28:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu (-Vince-) Cc: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, john@zyqad.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine Message-ID: <199508122028.NAA06843@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950812140011.9552e-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> from "-Vince-" at Aug 12, 95 02:01:25 pm
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> > On Sat, 12 Aug 1995, Gary Palmer wrote: > > > In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.950812133650.9552d-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu>, -V > > ince- writes: > > > I forgot who mentioned on the list that 4 GB was the limit. What > > >brand is the 9GB SCSI on news.cdrom.com? > > > > Sorry? They're lying/mistaken. It used to be a 2GB limit (not 4 - they > > were unsigned ints), but that restriction vanished quite a while ago > > (somewhere between 2.0 and 2.0.5). AFAIR, it's now 1TB. > > Oh okay, then that wouldn't be a problem to use a 9GB drive. > > > And the drive is a Micropolis 1991. > > Hmmm, are they pretty good and quiet of a drive or would I be > better off with a Seageate or Quantum (If they make one)? _The_ 9G drive to have is the Micropolis 1991. Quantum does not make a drive in this capacity (or didn't as of my last product brief update 4 weeks ago) and I wouldn't trust 9G of data to Seagates version of the 9G drive. [About the only Seagate I will even sell right now is the Hawk series as it has shown to be one of Seagates good drive lines] -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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