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Tony Sivori  
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 More options Aug 16 2004, 9:21 pm
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From: Tony Sivori <TonySivoriMSWO...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:21:34 -0400
Local: Mon, Aug 16 2004 9:21 pm
Subject: Re: Can I Add a New HD as a Fifth IDE Device?
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Bill Unruh wrote:
> Tony Sivori <TonySivoriMSWO...@yahoo.com> writes:

>> So my questions are, if I buy a retail box HD (Western Digital, most
>> likely) that is larger than 137 GB, shouldn't a drive that size come
>> with a PCI IDE card in the box that will work even though my current
>> IDE connectors are all in use?

> No. Why should it? Drives are drives, IDE bus cards are idebus cards.

Because many BIOSes won't handle drives larger than 137 GB. And I was
under the impression that some brands were bundling PCI cards with the
drives. Probably, it is cheaper than getting the drive returned as
"defective".

>> Will I be able to install additional Linux versions to hdc and continue

> hde and hdf you mean.

Huh? What happened to hdc? Never mind, it doesn't matter.

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Tony Sivori


 
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