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<blockquote data-quote="jasonpaul" data-source="post: 41365">i apologize for the length, but i have so many questions before i purchase any hardware. i appreciate any advice.i would like to add more storage to my 8600. i currently run 8.6, but during this upgrade i would like to switch to 9.0. my internal ribbon goes - from mac, open, CD(id-3), zip(id-5), open, stock HD(id-0). 1.) is adding a drive simple plug &amp; play into an open spot? 2.) does it matter what the id is(other than 3,5,0)? 3.) does the physical place on the ribbon matter? 4.) will the mac see the new drive before the stock bootdrive, interfering with startup?5.) are drivers needed for non-apple drives if i re-initialize?6.) do all drives accept HFS+ ?7.) i believe the 8600 uses ultra(scsi-3). without installing a scsi card can i use wide, ultra-2 or 3 with just the pin adapter? (i understand that the speed of the faster drives won't be there)8.) is scsi-3 lvd or hvd ?9.) what is scsi LP?10.) do external drives use different scsi-types? are they plug&amp;play?one more thing, on the motherboard of the 8600, there are two scsi controllers(i think) labled, J9 (STD scsi scsi-1)and j10 (Fast scsi scsi-0). is that standard and fast? what does the label scsi-1 and scsi-0 mean?thanks again!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jasonpaul, post: 41365"] i apologize for the length, but i have so many questions before i purchase any hardware. i appreciate any advice. i would like to add more storage to my 8600. i currently run 8.6, but during this upgrade i would like to switch to 9.0. my internal ribbon goes - from mac, open, CD(id-3), zip(id-5), open, stock HD(id-0). 1.) is adding a drive simple plug & play into an open spot? 2.) does it matter what the id is(other than 3,5,0)? 3.) does the physical place on the ribbon matter? 4.) will the mac see the new drive before the stock bootdrive, interfering with startup? 5.) are drivers needed for non-apple drives if i re-initialize? 6.) do all drives accept HFS+ ? 7.) i believe the 8600 uses ultra(scsi-3). without installing a scsi card can i use wide, ultra-2 or 3 with just the pin adapter? (i understand that the speed of the faster drives won't be there) 8.) is scsi-3 lvd or hvd ? 9.) what is scsi LP? 10.) do external drives use different scsi-types? are they plug&play? one more thing, on the motherboard of the 8600, there are two scsi controllers(i think) labled, J9 (STD scsi scsi-1)and j10 (Fast scsi scsi-0). is that standard and fast? what does the label scsi-1 and scsi-0 mean? thanks again! [/QUOTE]

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