Xref: utzoo comp.misc:3536 comp.sys.intel:539 comp.periphs:1195 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fciva!dag From: dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.intel,comp.periphs Subject: MaxTor Drives for Prime EXL316 Keywords: MaxTor SCSI Prime EXL316 Message-ID: <424@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM> Date: 23 Sep 88 20:05:45 GMT Organization: Franklin Capital Investments, McLean, Va. Lines: 17 We have a Prime EXL316 (An intel386 box, Prime's first entry into the unix market). It came with a 258Mbyte SCSI hard drive that appears to be an off-the-shelf MaxTor XT3280 (series 4). We would like to add a second disk, but Prime has quoted almost $8,000 for a second drive. I've gotten indicative quotes from a couple of suppliers for 1/3 this price. My question is: Does Prime do anything special to the drives before they distribute them? Can I just buy the MaxTor drive, run fmtdisk and mkvtoc and be ready to mount the partitions? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance... --dan -- Daniel A. Graifer Franklin Capital Investments uunet!fciva!dag 7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A130 (703)821-3244 McLean, VA 22102