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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: 386sx/ Unix/ SCSI
Message-ID: <1973@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 90 23:20:47 GMT
References: <1990Sep29.022927.3183@ecn.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <1990Sep29.022927.3183@ecn.purdue.edu> tlhilde@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Troy Hildebrand) writes:

| Now that the processor has been decided, I have ordered a computer.
| And I want to run Intel Unix on it.
| 
| The problem is, the manager at the firm from which I purchased the
| computer claims that the usual controller card the ship with SCSI
| drives is 'incompatable with Unix'. (He indicated that it was not
| compatable with any versions of Unix.)
| 
| The controller card is the ST02 Seagate conrtoller, the drive is a
| Seagate 80 Mb SCSI drive.  Is there any reason why this is so?  Is this
| true?

  Be glad you have an honest salesman who doesn't smile and tell you "it
works with all DOS applications." The answer is that there are drivers
for that board for several versions of UNIX, but that you will have to
get a version which will boot off a floppy and use it. Practically that
means finding someone who can roll the systems for you, since I don't
believe that's a standard configuration.

  Wish I could help, I think the ST driver was posted to alt.sources
recently, and if you're lucky someone will offer to build a system for
you. The alternative is to borrow a controller and drive from a friend
or vendor, load UNIX, build the new kernel, build a new boot disk, and
reinstall on the SCSI drive.

  Let me know if you have more questions. Someone does make a controller
which looks like a WD and runs standard UNIX on SCSI drives. I wish I
knew (a) who, and (b) if it works well.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
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