emusonacid! legacy

Hello,
Is it possible to have 3 SCSI HD in the computer, using 2 only for the Emu (EOS 4.7, fat32 formated) and one HD only for the computer?
The 2 Emu HD are "desactivated" in the windows manager setup, of course.

- Would be a EMU formating better than FAT32?

- Is there a size limit also? (the well known 18 GB??)

any help very apreciated, thanx!
lionel

I don't see any reason why you wouldn't theoretically be able to do this as long as everything is setup properly (SCSI id's, SCSI terminates etc). I do remember hearing something about avoiding having FAT32 drives mounted by both the E-mu and the PC at the same time as this could cause data loss etc. The 18 gig issue is only localized to E-mu formatted HD's but FAT32's limit is unknown to me if it exists at all. If you need a detailed summary as to why there is an 18 gig limit of E-mu disks I am sure there are posts within this forum addressing this issue... I'm just lazy. I have not done any bench mark test but I seem to recall E-mu formatted disks are faster than FAT32 but that really isn't a huge issue. With an E-mu formatted disk you could make E-mu formatted CD's but other than that I think, if you can, FAT32 is definitely a better option in terms of PC/Mac visibility and for backing up/sharing banks.

hello,
thanx 4 your answer. I will then install the 3 scsi disk in FAT32 format and I hope that none of them will be mysteriously erased, as it is warned by Emu officials...

cheers from snowy switzerland!
lionel