Xenix-286 with Seagate SCSI drives
Ed Hew
edhew at xenitec.on.ca
Tue Nov 14 15:38:17 AEST 1989
In article <601 at nixpbe.UUCP> freiss at nixpbe.UUCP (MArtin Freiss) writes:
>Hi,
>I'm in the process of buying a harddisk for my '286 clone to run Xenix
>on. As the Seagate SCSI drive + controller bundled package comes cheaper
>over here than a "normal" MFM drive, I'm toying with the idea of buying
>one - about 60 meg, of which I want to reserve about 40 for Xenix.
I suppose it's always possible that Seagate will come across with
an SCO Xenix SCSI driver for your 286 that will actually work, but I
wouldn't want to bet my bottom dollar on it.
Unless you're adept at writing your own device drivers I'd suggest that
you will need a 386, an Adaptec 1542 (methinks is the #) SCSI controller,
and a suitable SCSI hard drive (I know that the 330 meg Priam works, and
I'll be trying a miniscribe 9380S soon), as well as SCO Xenix 2.3.1GT
or later. Note the "GT" version. Non-GT versions do not have SCSI
support. There are also reportedly other SCSI controllers out there
(notably a new Western Digital) with Xenix drivers, but they're not
yet on SCO's supported list.
>I'm not worried about DOS, but how do I get Xenix to run with a SCSI
>drive? Is anyone out there who can give me pointers on how to install
>Xenix 286 (version 2.2.1) on this beast (or best, can give me a step
>by step explanation how to do it) ?
Your Xenix release notes are your best reference.
>I do have access to another '286 with MFM drives, if it should be necessary
>to install Xenix on a normal system first and configure / link the kernel
>there for SCSI.
See above. I am not aware of a 286"GT" version of the SCO Xenix o/s.
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