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Re: How many drives can a GS take?

gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach) writes:

> The subject line pretty much says it.  I have a GS with one 5.25 drive 
> and two 3.5's.  I know I could put another 5.25 on, but have no need to.  
> How many 3.5's can I have?  I have a /RAM5 set up in the control panel.  
> This ends up being Slot 5, DRive 1 since I have it sut up to boot from.  
> My first 3.5 then ends up as S5, D2, and the second one as S2, D1.  Can I 
> hook up another 3.5 and have a S2, D2?  What about if I hook up more?  
> Will they map to other slots?  I haven't tried any of this yet.  I wanted 

 The maximum recommended is 7 drives.  I have never seen a need for 
chaining seven in a row, but what the hell, go for it!  I've got a GS 
with the following: 1-5.25", 2-3.5", /RAM5, /AEROM (ROM drive), and then 
/HD1 and /HD2.  You get some weird mapping after about 4 or 5 devices, 
but it is irrelevant.  EG: My 3.5's are 2,1 and 2,2 because I boot from 
my Romdrive (AE Ramkeeper).  I think the mapping would then go to slot 3.


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