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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Adding a second IDE harddrive question
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Date: 19 Feb 91 13:56:04 GMT
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vandyke@carina.unm.edu (Jeff VanDyke) writes:
>I have a 386 box running Interactive UNIX 3.2.2.  I currently
>have a 200Mb conners harddrive.  I would like to add a second
>IDE 200Mb harddrive.  My dealer thinks unless both harddrives
>are identical it plain won't work.

It should work with no problem.  You just configure the second drive as a
slave drive and make sure the one you want to boot from is configured as a
master drive in a dual hard drive configuration.  If your dealer won't help
you, I'm sure that the hard drive manufacturer will.

     // JCA

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