On 03-Feb-00, Tony Rolfe wrote:
> On 2 Feb 2000 15:24:25 +0000 Neil Bothwick said:
> Stupid question time, I guess. If I have DH0: - DH3: on the A2KHD
> (on an Oktagon 2008) and DH0: to DH3: on the IDE A4KHD, and I move
> the Oktagon to the A4K, what happens? How does the machine know
> which DH0: is which?
I think it will get confused. Pronet overcomes this by the use of a
`unique' switch that appends a `0' on the visitor drives' names.
>
> Also, The Z2 slots on a 2000 have the cards mounted vertically and
> the Z3 slots on the A4K have the cards mounted horizontally. I have
> heard of possible head misalignments when a previously vertical HD
> is mounted horizontally.
That is a common urban myth. I have regularly used drives in all
positions. One computer I moved so often it should have had wheels was
sometimes used in the regular attitude and at other times stood on its side.
Never any problem.
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