Re: How to connect eight HD's?

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From: Dave Roberts
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 00:00

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In article <347EC9B9.167E@demon.net>, Harry Broomhall <haeb@demon.net>
writes
>Klaus Rieke wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> i have to connect eight hard drives to one PC ( ISA/PCI ).
>> 
>> Has anyone got experience with that?
>> Do i have to use a special controller?
>> 
>
>   Yes.  It's called a 'SCSI' controller.  And the hard drives
>have to be SCSI drives. 
>   If it *has* to be IDE then you are in for fun.  It may not
>even be doable, depending on your motherboard and BIOS.
>
>
>   Regards,
>      Harry.
and it would have to be wide drives (at least one) and a wide controller
to use all eight, or two narrow controllers as narrow is limited to
eight devices including the controller!
good luck

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From: Dave Roberts <dave@aasl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: How to connect eight HD's?
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