Re: RamFAST & big drives

["Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

Is the MicroDrive IDE the best card to have?  I noticed that he as a 
couple/few IDE cards available.  What's the difference?


"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> "Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> : On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:38:32 -0700, "Terry Olsen"
> : <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> : >hmmm....I thought someone would know the answer...  ;)
> : >
> : >"Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> : >> What is the largest drive a RamFAST can handle?  I hooked a Seagate
> : >> ST12400S (2.1 GB) drive up.  RamFAST knew the model number of the 
> drive,
> : >> but when I tried to format it, it went for about 30-45 mins then 
> crashed
> : >> with an Integer Overflow (something like that) error.
> :
> : Well, I don't know the exact size but I remember someone saying that
> : the RamFAST only supports up to 1 GB drives but I managed to use a 1.2
> : GB drive on my RamFAST for quite some time.
> :
> : The biggest problem I've found with using large hard drives on the
> : RamFAST is the 12 partition limit it has.
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> Ha!, the MicroDrive IDE card lets you have
> 16 partitions on a single drive, or 8 each
> on a 2 drive system. Master/Slave.
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