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From: johnk@opel.COM (John Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 2 hardrives of different interfaces allowed to coexist in PC UNIX?
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Date: 28 Aug 90 16:56:21 GMT
References: <25313.26ce9f6f@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <637@slammer.UUCP>
Reply-To: johnk@opel.COM (John Kennedy)
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In article <637@slammer.UUCP> todd@slammer.UUCP (Todd Merriman) writes:
-In article <25313.26ce9f6f@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> teoh@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu writes:
->Is it possible to allow 2 different types of hard disks in a pc UNIX
->environment (using 2 different controllers)?
-
-When I installed Interactive Unix 2.2 I attempted to use an ST-506 primary
-controller and an Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller as secondary.  After
-a *day* of re-building kernels and plugging and un-plugging controllers,
-with nary a kernel that would boot, I gave up.  Fortunately, the SCSI
-controller has floppy ports, so I decided to toss the ST-506, two MFM
-drives, and use only the SCSI.
-
-The Interactive documentation states that two different contollers is
-definitely allowed, but clearly I didn't have the magic to make it
-work!

I agree.  The documentation and menus indicate you can set up a primary ST-506
and a secondary SCSI, but what I tried was the opposite:  having an old ST-506
controller and drive available as secondary.  My attempts, too, failed.

Anyone had any luck with this?  Followups to comp.unix.i386.
-- 
John Kennedy                     johnk@opel.COM
Second Source, Inc.
Annapolis, MD