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From: menna@mips.COM (Randy Menna)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Need help with hard drive
Keywords: Compac 386, Edsi, Fujitsu
Message-ID: <8092@quacky.mips.COM>
Date: 11 Nov 88 23:53:50 GMT
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I have a question regarding a specific hardware configuration, so if
you only care about software you may want to hit 'n' now.

I have a compaq 386 with a 70 Meg drive, and I want to add a second
hard disk.  I want to add a big one, 100+ Meg or so, but I've been
told that compaq has done some things to their hardware to make life
hard for me.  First question, I had assumed that the disk I have is
ST506, but I was informed that it is probably ESDI, and a mangled
esdi at that.  How do I find out?  I'd like to do one of two things,
either get the adaptek rll controller and reformat my current drive,
and add a second one, or if my controller is esdi add a  120Meg fujitsu
m2344.  Are any of these possible.  Could it be that I could just plug
the fujitsu into my controler and have it work.  Will the rll controler
work with my existing drive (I beleive that it is a cdc).

Anyone who can answer these questions, or who has had a simialar experience
will earn a whole pile a gratitude from me.  I really need to solve my
disk crunch problems soon as I can no longer do any work on my machine
(ie less than 1 meg of disk space).

Thanks in advance.

-Randy


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