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From: jagrogan@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: NOVEL & IDE info/advice requested
Message-ID: <6746.26c9b06a@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 15 Aug 90 20:28:25 GMT
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Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin
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In article <4348@lime11.UUCP>, hughes@motcid.UUCP (Brian Hughes) writes:
> I'm posting the following questions for my father-in-law who owns a small
> business and is upgrading his current system.  I'm personally not too
> familiar with NOVEL or IDE hard drives so ...
> 
> 	- What is the best type and brand of hard drive to work with 
> 	NOVEL (ELS II - 8 User 2.15) and 200 Meg or more?

Novell advise that the largest drive size to be used as a dedicated server
is a 255 MB hard disk.  I recommend a Connor or Western Digital drive.
                                          -  Novus Maximus

> 

> 	- Is the new "IDE" type of drive any better than others (RLL, 
> 	SCSI, etc)?
> 
> Thanks for any info you can provide,
> Brian
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