2 hardrives of different interfaces allowed to coexist in PC UNIX?

Todd Merriman todd at slammer.UUCP
Wed Aug 22 08:39:49 AEST 1990


In article <25313.26ce9f6f at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> teoh at uicbert.eecs.uic.edu writes:
>Is it possible to allow 2 different types of hard disks in a pc UNIX
>environment (using 2 different controllers)?

When I installed Interactive Unix 2.2 I attempted to use an ST-506 primary
controller and an Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller as secondary.  After
a *day* of re-building kernels and plugging and un-plugging controllers,
with nary a kernel that would boot, I gave up.  Fortunately, the SCSI
controller has floppy ports, so I decided to toss the ST-506, two MFM
drives, and use only the SCSI.

The Interactive documentation states that two different contollers is
definitely allowed, but clearly I didn't have the magic to make it
work!

   Todd Merriman
   Software Toolz, Inc.
   8030 Pooles Mill Dr., Ball Ground, GA 30107-9610
   todd at slammer.UUCP, V-mail (800) 869-3878, (404) 889-8264



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