Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!im4u!ut-sally!ut-emx!juniper!bigtex!james From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: ESDI drives support for microport Unix Message-ID: <1882@bigtex.uucp> Date: 11 May 88 06:50:33 GMT References: <363@tandem.UUCP> Reply-To: james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX Lines: 15 Posted: Wed May 11 01:50:33 1988 IN article <363@tandem.UUCP>, narayan@tandem.UUCP (Narayan Mohanram) wrote: > I have an ESDI drive (CDC) on my 386 AT. I bought microport > UN*X, but I heard that they don't have any support for the > ESDI conrtroller. Does anybody out there have a driver for > it. Well, uPort likes my CDC Wren III-182 ESDI just fine... You neglected to mention which controller you're using. A controller such as the WD1007/WA2 (probably your best choice), which can map the drive into a 17sec/trk drive at the REGISTER level, will work. A controller that can't do this, such as the WD1005, will cause kernel death. -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!ut-sally!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746