On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 01:52:35AM -0500, bofh wrote: > On Feb 6, 2008 11:38 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure the IBM dual Pentium Pro 200Mhz that I tossed away (2 of > them!) could take hard drives bigger than 2G, and I want to say, bigger than > 10G, so it really depends. Also, even on those that won't boot past 500MB, > you might be able to get by with partitioning it properly (/ on first 500MB > partition, etc).
Of course it depends. That's why I'm being proactive and looking at how scsi enclosures work. My boxes would't pass POST so I couldn't partition them. Also, they were on the second IDE controller with the first drive being a functional boot drive. > > > > Since future expansion is important, I'd rather have a multi-bay than a > > single-bay. If I'm getting it used off eBay, the cost will be similar; > > the shipping will cost me. > > > > Heh. I tossed a compaq scsi array too, last year, when I moved. > Yeah. I know that what I'm looking for, mostly, will be what people think is worthless and fit for garbage. I'm trying to garbage pick before that happens to all of it. Thanks, Doug.
