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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 9GB SCSI II Controller Card for the A3000?
- Date: 10 Feb 96 20:05:52 +0000
- Message-ID: <1099.6614T1205T2638@Redrobe.demon.co.uk>
- References: <1f7_9602041301@ima.infomail.com> <DMIJon.231@unx.sas.com>
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- Hi, James Cooper , on 09-Feb-96 14:45:59 you scribbled....
- >In article <1f7_9602041301@ima.infomail.com>,
- >Dale.Frameli@311.ima.infomail.com (Dale Frameli) writes:
- >>Anyone know if there's a SCSI II controller board that's both A3000
- >>compatable AND recognizes, partitions and formats a 9GB hard drive? I'd
- >>really like to get an 060 accelerator with a SCSI II option that would
- >>support such a drive...
- >> Maybe CyberStorm or DKB will build one.
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- >The A3000 internal SCSI interface will handle 9GB (and larger) drives
- >with no problems at all.
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- >The problem is that neither dos.library nor the filesystem can easily
- >deal with anything over 2GB. It doesn't matter *what* SCSI interface
- >you use, until the OS is updated, you're stuck.
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- does this mean you can't use disks >2GB or just that you can't have partitions
- over 2GB ??
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- Does AFS solve either of these btw?
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- Mike
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