Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!noc!msi-s0.msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!dmshq!com50!rosevax!atc!cimcor!det From: det@cimcor.mn.org (Derek Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: ESIX, ST01 SCSI, Booting from floppy HELP Message-ID: <1990Sep7.085247.25093@cimcor.mn.org> Date: 7 Sep 90 08:52:47 GMT Organization: Scandia Microsystems Lines: 32 In article <352@swuts.swbt.com> ucmpme@swuts.swbt.com (1593]) writes: > I have a 386SX clone, Seagate ST01 SCSI controller card and an > ST296N hard drive. When I insert the ESIX boot disk, and do either > a reset or , the system does it usual stuff (BIOS msgs) > then looks to the 'A' drive. The light on the drive just stays on, and > nothing else happens. Esix does not support the st-01 controller as the booting controller. You can use the public domain driver for the st-01 to control scsi drives, but only if the drives are not bootable. Thus, you must boot off a MFM drive or a scsi drive with one of the supported controllers and then access the other scsi drives via the st-01. But if you are going to boot off a scsi drive, then you might as well use the same scsi card to support the other drives. (probably faster, too) > If replacement is the only solution, what do you guys recommend? Among > the supported controllers are Adaptec 1542-, Future Domain 830 and 885, > and the DPT Pm 3001/-- and PX3001/--. I thought someone recently > mentioned having installed ESIX with the Smartconnex scsi, but I dont > know what drive was used. Hmm, i am only aware of esix supporting the adaptec and future domain controllers. Most likely the adaptec would be a faster controller because it uses bus master dma, but be warned -- not all motherboards support this (bus master dma) feature! There is a test on the controller board that will report whether your motherboard supports this or not. derek -- temporarily: derek@cimcor.MN.ORG as soon as i get my pc back: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG