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From: smaug@eng.umd.edu (Kurt Lidl)
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Subject: Re: Info req. for Seagate ST296N SCSI Drive
Summary: Works for me!
Keywords: for UNIX
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Date: 27 Mar 90 17:33:23 GMT
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In article <1626@watserv1.waterloo.edu> ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu ($anjay [+] $ingh - Indy Studz) writes:
>I have a Seagate ST296N SCSI drive, along with the ST02 adapter. (When
>you power-up, it say "SCSI Host Adapter 2.00")
>
>What determines a drives compatibility with Unix?

You need to have a device driver configured into your kernel that
supports that type of device.  I believe that most of '386 *nix variants
have a driver that knows how to talk to a Western Digital type
drive.  Don't know about a ST02/ST01 interface.

>One more question, if you are using this drive, but not the ST02 adapter,
>what adapter are you using?

Works fine for me using a GVP Impact2/0 controller on my Amiga 2000.
Not running U*ix (yet), but it *does* multi-task...

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