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I was wondering if anyone is using a 1GB SCSI drive



"Mark J. Dulcey" <mdulcey at pryder.pn.com> writes:

> > I am planning to add a 1GB SCSI drive onto my Adaptec 1542 controller, and 
> > was wondering if anyone on the mailing list has had any experiences with th
> > large drives. 
> 
> One thing to watch out for: in the setup menu for the 1542 (the one 
> you get to by typing Control-A during boot), there is an option to 
> "enable DOS translation for >1GB drives".  You must make sure that 
Good point Mark. However, I have a 1542B to which this des not apply. 

Thanks for the responses. My original post was in response to some
problems that someone at Digital had with his 1GB drive.


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