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From: jim@bahamut.fsc.com (James O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Two HD controllers (Was: Re: Xenix device drivers under Unix)
Message-ID: <246@bahamut.fsc.com>
Date: 18 Sep 89 21:28:56 GMT
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Organization: Filtration Sciences - Chattanooga,TN
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In article <37102@conexch.UUCP>, root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes:
> Does anyone know if it is possible to use two hard disk controllers under
> Xenix 386 2.3.0 when one is a WD1007-WA2 (ESDI) and the other a WD1006-WA2
> (RLL/MFM)?  Is it necessary to run a specific ESDI release of Xenix or
> install one of SCO's patches to use ESDI drives?

The WD1007 emulates at the register level the "standard" AT drive controller
(for instance, the WD1006), so no special drivers are needed for it.  I have
one in the machine I'm using now, and it has vanilla 2.3.1 running.

To use one of these as a second controller it would need to be set up at a
different interrupt and I/O address, which I don't think either of these can.

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