"Marc A. Volovic" writes: > I assume you DON'T have a SCSI controller. Therefore: > > DO NOT BUY VLB CONTROLLERS! DO NOT BUY VLB CONTROLLERS! Could you supply a reason for this? I have a VLB SCSI (an ULTRASTOR) & it works fine... You probably should check the SCSI howto. It has lots of good details on what to buy & how it'll perform. Dr. Harvey J. Stein Berger Financial Research hjstein@math.huji.ac.il