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In <1992Nov20.091855.11558@news.cs.brandeis.edu> sinclair@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (David A. Sinclair) writes:


>Hi!

>I am about to upgrade the internal disk on my monoslab (3.0) from a
>200meg Quantum to a larger drive.  Does anyone have any experience
>with any of the following:

>Toshiba 438F, 877meg SCSI-2, 12ms access
>Toshiba 538F, 1gig SCSI-2, 12ms access
>Quantum 1.2gig SCSI-2 10ms access

>Can anyone verify that any of the above do/do not work in a slab?

>Also, my plan is to just take out the old drive, put in the new, and
>do the upgrade (well, the OS installation actually) from CD-ROM.  Will
>the OS installation (NS3.0) format and partition the drive for me, or
>does the disk need to be formatted before I begin the installation?

>Any info anyone can/will provide is greatly appreciated; I have tons
>of Unix sysad experience, but am quite new to the NeXT environment
>(loving it so far!! :).

>Thanks,
>David


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>David A. Sinclair - "Chester"		      
>sinclair@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu		     

I just installed a Toshiba 538F 1.2 gig in my Station internally, with no
problems at all.  I hooked it up externally on my old 2.1 system, copied 3.0
onto it, and then simply put the 1.2 in the bay where the 105 once resided. 
Works great!  3.0 is completely installed (sans a few language drivers) and
a lot of my own junk is on already, and there's still 710MB free on the
Workspace!  Nice to have elbow room again...  The drive itself is quick, but
noisy during seek/read/write actions.  The overall 'whine' of the drive is
the same as the 105, so there's no difference.  To upgrade your new Toshiba
(or whatever), you can do this: take out the 105 in your Station, put in the
Toshiba and attach the CD externally.  Turn on the system.  The CD will
boot, but will not go into NeXTStep, but will offer you a choice of where
you want to have 3.0 installed.  Specify your HD as it requests, then just
sit back and wait.  That's what I did.  Seems to work fine.  I don't ask
questions, I just throw the things together and see what comes out! :)

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