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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ESDI Compatibility (was Re: ESDI controller/disk recommendations wanted)
Keywords: ESDI disk controllers standards formatting
Message-ID: <6468@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 89 22:45:08 GMT
References: <259@cica.cica.indiana.edu> <52@qmsseq.imagen.com> <10869@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
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In article <10869@thorin.cs.unc.edu> davis@cs.unc.edu (Mark Davis) writes:
<In article <52@qmsseq.imagen.com> pipkins@qmsseq.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins) writes:
<>...anytime you change ESDI controllers, you have to low-level
<>format again.

<Pardon my skeptism, but is this really true?

In playing with (switching between) the Adaptec 2322B and the WD 1007 ESDI
controllers we've found that the drive must be reformatted (low level) to get
it to talk to the new controller.

kEITHe