help on MICROPOLIS 1568 HD
William.A.Sneed
ghost at robecdc.UUCP
Sat Feb 3 16:00:35 AEST 1990
>>The "xnx133" ESDI driver fix from SCO is ONLY for the Western Digital
>>WD1007A ESDI controller card.
Roy Neese replies:
>As the 2322B is a WD look alike the xnx133 fix applies. I know of several
>sites who have had troubles and this has corrected them. We have found in
>certain CPU's (I can;t mention whose, as the companies have us under non-
>disclosure), the read ahead will have problems under SCO and ISC. If you
>do not have any problems, then you are safe to use it. As the original
>poster was having the types of troubles that are indicated when read ahead
>is enabled, I suggested he disable the read ahead and see if that cured
>his problems. After the installation, then install the xnx133 fix and re-
>enable the read ahead and it will probably work fine.
My comments:
Roy is correct in so far as he goes. We sell the WD1007, however
not all "look-alikes" suffer from this malady. Our experience w/
the DTC-6280 (6180) has been excellent. I haven't had one go
south in the last two years. They also offer some nifty features
like a working bad-track function, and sector-sparing. For my
money this is the ticket.
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