'386 Unix Wars

[Richard Ducoty]

tneff at bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:

>In article <350 at metran.UUCP> jay at metran.UUCP (Jay Ts) writes:
>>I am *scared* of SVR4!!  When/if my clients have to upgrade, they will have
>>to add at least 4 Mb of memory and probably suffer a performance degradation
>>as well.  (Someone please tell me this isn't really true!)  And it won't
>>markedly improve the functioning of their existing software, either.
...
>Anyway, memory is so damn cheap these days.  My only beef is that, for a
>UNIX release packing so many additional files, SVR4/386 doesn't have better
>support for huge ESDI disks.  It chafes to have to throw away 100MB of
>my Maxtor just to keep upder 1024 cylinders.  I would like to see this
>addressed in a future rev.
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Which version of SVR4 are you running?  Microport SVR4 can use >1024 cylinders.
The /stand and root filesystems should be inside 1024 [just to make sure that
unix is below 1024.  I have a Maxtor 8380E - with 1600+ cylinders - I have
access to all of it.

Speaking of Maxtor - I've had a few occurances of my drive suddenly going nuts
It sounds like someone knocked the needle across a record.  Anyone have an
idea what goes on?  Also - Maxtor's warranty period starts when the
WHOLESALER buys the drive - not the user.  I got a good price, but 6 months
of Maxtor's warranty period was gone.  I don't get the best of feelings
talking to them on the phone either.  I wish all companies were as good as
Telebit in suporting their product.  By the way - the first 8380E I got
didn't work at all!

			Richard Ducoty


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