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- From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: DELL -> Re: ISC: ESDI & SCSI in one host ?
- Message-ID: <PCG.92Dec18225211@decb.aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 22:52:11 GMT
- References: <Bz9x3p.Aqw@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1992Dec15.153315.12715@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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- Reply-To: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Organization: Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth
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- In-Reply-To: shane@cs.sunysb.edu's message of 15 Dec 92 15: 33:15 GMT
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- On 15 Dec 92 15:33:15 GMT, shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough) said:
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- shane> Mark Solsman (solsman@ra.nrl.navy.mil) wrote:
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- >> is ISC able to handle ESDI & SCSI devices at the same time ?
-
- : Anyone know if DELL can do the same? I am intrested in adding a
- : second drive, but I want to slowly make the transition to SCSI.
-
- shane> I tried to get my old DOS disk (IDE) to co-exist with my UNIX
- shane> SCSI disk to no avail. I don't know about ESDI, but the manual
- shane> sure *claims* it's possible.
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- I will repeat this: yes, you can have SCSI and ESDI/IDE/whatever at the
- same time.
-
- No, you cannot boot from a SCSI drive with an Adaptec controller if
- there are any other disk controllers; as soon as the Adaptec BIOS sees
- that there are other drives configured in the CMOS, it refuses to boot.
-
- So, it's possible, as long as the (first) non SCSI disk is the boot disk.
- --
- Piercarlo Grandi, Dept of CS, PC/UW@Aberystwyth <pcg@aber.ac.uk>
- E l'italiano cantava, cantava. E le sue disperate invocazioni giunsero
- alle orecchie del suo divino protettore, il dio della barzelletta
-