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From: akcs.gregc@vpnet.chi.il.us (*Greg*)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: IDE Drives with Interactive Unix SysV 3.2  2.02
Keywords: interactive hard disk
Message-ID: <27d742a0-4fa.2comp.unix.sysv386-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 8 Mar 91 10:55:01 GMT
References: <767@ghp.UUCP> <1955@kuling.UUCP>
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>Author: [Roland Eriksson]
>  Date: Tue Mar 05 1991 18:01 
> Lines: 11
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>In article <767@ghp.UUCP> randy@ghp.UUCP (Randy Steves) writes:
>>Has anyone out there tried getting Interactive's sysV 3.2 ver 2.02 running
>>using the IDE type drives and controllers on a 386 based machine?
>>
>>If you did did you have to do anything particular. I have heard that these
>>drives do not work on interactive unix.
>
>I have twice installed the above stated version of Interactive UNIX
>on a generic 20MHz 386 machine with 4 Meg of RAM *and* 100 Meg of IDE
>hard disk drive, no problems, no fixeses of any kind. Everyting worked
>just fine.

Was it slow using a 20MHz machine with Interactive Unix?  I might be getting
a DTK - PTi217 with a Quantum, (I know.. I don't like Quantum) IDE drive and
controller.  Was it one of these you worked on?  :)

A guy can be safe and say; "Hey, this guy did it and I know I won't have
problems."
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\GC/  Greg Clawson
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