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From: platt@emory.uucp (Dan Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Multiple Seagate Disks
Keywords: Disk Controllers, ST225, ST251
Message-ID: <3096@emory.uucp>
Date: 26 Jul 88 04:06:16 GMT
References: ST251, ST225
Reply-To: platt@emory.UUCP (Dan Platt)
Organization: Math and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta GA
Lines: 26

Greetings!

I have aquired an ST251 from a company who sent me a controller for an
ST251R (which wouldn't work).

Fortunantly, my controller that I drived the ST225 with also worked with
the ST251.  But that doesn't fix all the problems.  1)  I purchased the
ST251 to ADD to my disks; with the assumption that my new dual drive
controller card would drive them both (the salesman said it would work ---
was I a sucker?).  They forgot the double connector J1 cable and sent
a single connector cable.  When I called technical support, they indicated
that a) they sent the wrong disk with the controller (they should have
sent an ST251R -- but I'm not complaining), b) that I'd need to swap the
new disk for the old, c) that the controller card would only drive two
IDENTICAL disks, and d) there may be a new controller out in a few months
that could handle both disks.  Well, my old controller drives the 251
so I don't need to swap (why didn't the tech support person mention this?)
and it's installed and running.  However, I'm still stuck with the issue
at hand... So HERE IS THE QUESTION:

Are the dual WD Controllers distributed with Seagate drives capable of
driving two disks of different sizes simultaneously? or do they have
to be the same model?  

Thanks in advance :->

Dan Platt