Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: 2nd internal a3000 hard drive Message-ID: <2186@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 1 Nov 90 20:41:52 GMT Lines: 32 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In <9011011956.AA120444@vttcf.cc.vt.edu>, fmcphers@VTTCF.CC.VT.EDU (Frank McPherson) writes: >Subject: Adding a second internal SCSI hard disk drive to an A3000 > > My problem : I need more hard drive space on my 3000. I've got 100 >meg on an empty drive, but the drive ain't empty. 90 meg are taken up >by Unix. What I'd like to do is pop another Quantum 3-1/2"er in the >2nd drive bay (You know, the one below the power switch). What mounting >hardware would I need, in addition to what would come with the drive? Ignoring the size and space taken on the drive you are speaking of, since I can't make head or tail of what you are trying to say there... :-) You will need to either obtain a mounting plate for the second drive, or do what I did: Drill a couple of small holes in the lip at the side of the drive bay that line up with the mounting holes. Then grab a couple of longish screws (you may have to get them too long and cut them down to the right size. Get a couple of spacers, and run the screws through the holes, the spavers, and into the drive mounting holes. You may also need to obtain a 'Y' adapter to tap off drive power, unless CBM has already modified the power supply to provide a second HD power connection. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+