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echo: os2prog
to: Mario Semo
from: Andrew Grillet
date: 1996-01-20 12:58:14
subject: Re: 16MB ISa restriction

-=> On 14 Jan 96  19:58:06 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard said to Mario Semo <=-

 MS>
 >                                                     what if
 > drive C is on a SCSI drive with a driver supporting 32MB of
 > mem, but there is a 2nd HD which only supports 16MB DMA.
 MS>

 JdBP> In that case you need to check all valid drives.

The issue is not the drive, but the controller. Having two scsi
controllers is rare, cos one is enough for seven drives.

(But does happen, typicallly because a separate controller may be
used for scanner or tape drive or something.)

Andrew


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