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From: welch@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Arun Welch)
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Subject: [walls%ssl.span@fedex.msfc.nasa.gov: RE: Re: Are multiple disks possible?]
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Date: 6 Apr 89 20:17:26 GMT
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Date:    Wed, 5 Apr 89 15:58:07 CDT
From: walls%ssl.span@fedex.msfc.nasa.gov
Subject: RE: Re: Are multiple disks possible?
To: info-1100-request@cis.ohio-state.edu
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I also recently got a 190 disk for my 1186.  I also have a second 1186
and an old 1109, all networked together.  Before installing the new disk,
I copied anything interesting from the other two machines to the 80 drive.
Now I have it stored away in the packing that came with the 190.  If any
of my disks crash, I'll at least have a backup of the files.  And as
long as I'm swapping 80's for 80's, changing the disks is a very simple
operation.  Even swapping it for the 190 isn't hard, as you saw from 
doing it the other way.  Don't even think about changing out the disk
in an 1108/09, though.

One of the Envos people told me carrying around the hard disk was a common
way for them to move software.  That way they can have their own environment
anywhere they can get to a machine.  And it sure beats backing up to floppy!

Bryan Walls
               WALLS%SSL.SPAN@Fedex.msfc.nasa.gov