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- From: mjh@cs.vu.nl (Huisjes MJ)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Primary SCSI, secondary athd on ISC Unix 3.0 possible?
- Message-ID: <15845@star.cs.vu.nl>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 16:26:33 GMT
- References: <1992Aug21.180336.6922@grebyn.com>
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- richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
-
- } I've got ISC Unix 3.0, and I'm currently running with a primary
- } Adaptec 1542B. Now someone's offered me a 330 Meg ESDI drive if I'd
- } like it (I would; wouldn't you?). I want to install this drive as a
- } secondary controller, so that I don't have to spend a day or so
- } reconfiguring and reinstalling Unix over to the ESDI drive. However,
- } kconfig doesn't offer me the option of selecting a secondary athd
- } controller unless I also choose athd as the primary controller.
-
- } Is it possible to config this way? What files do I need to alter
- } (hpddinfo, dsk/space.c, others)? Can I patch kconfig so that it
- } permits this configuration? Is there an insurmountable obstacle that
- } prohibits this configuration? Thanks in advance.
-
- There is no need for all this. If I recall correctly, you can select
- primary controller when installing the HPDD (with kconfig), but also
- a secondary controller. Then, when installing the second disk with
- sysadm, you can select that controller. Anyway it is all documented
- in either the Release Notes or the System Administration manual.
-
- } --
- } Richard Krehbiel richk@grebyn.com
- } OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
- --
- Maarten Huisjes. mjh@cs.vu.nl (192.31.231.42)
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