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From: clyde2@unix.cis.pitt.edu (James C Elder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: IDE disks
Keywords: minix, at, install, IDE, MFM, RLL, SCSI, ESDI
Message-ID: <92801@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 17 Feb 91 07:49:54 GMT
References: <1627@pdxgate.UUCP> <30432@usc>
Reply-To: clyde2@unix.cis.pitt.edu (James C Elder)
Organization: University of Pittsburgh, CIS
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In article <30432@usc> kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson) writes:
>In article <1627@pdxgate.UUCP> martine@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Martine Wedlake) writes:
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>>	turbo-88 board.  I am running an AT clone with an IDE hard/floppy
>>	controller.
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>I asked this question before, but never got any definitive answers.
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>Just exactly what is an IDE drive/controller?

An IDE drive has the main "body" of the controller on the drive. The
controller(card) is basically just an adapter plug.

>Does it look like MFM?  RLL?  SCSI?  ESDI?  Something else?

Sorry, don't know.

>Does it need a new device driver?
>Will any of the existing device drivers work?

Yes. I purchased MINIX 1.5 from PH and it uses the drive no problem. So
I guess the defaults work.

>Please answer to the net, cuz everybody wants to know.

I tried. By the way I'm running an Amstrad 1386(386) with 40M HD(IDE)
4M mem(3M RAM disk).

Well if nothing else you know IDE works, and an Amstrad can be added to
the compatability list.

Jim
(Jim Elder-clyde2@unix.cis.pitT.edu)