Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Vanloon Michael Lee) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Subject: Re: ST1144A or CP30104 Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 15:01:04 GMT References: <1991Apr24.201053.12622@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: comp.os.coherent Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 31 In <1991Apr24.201053.12622@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> purkers@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Scott Purkerson) writes: >I'm also thinking of buying a Conner CP30104 (instead of the 1144) >and would like the same information from anyone who has installed >Coherent on one of these. I've been using two Connor CP3104 (your typo?) hard drives in my system for about a year now. DOS, Coherent, and SCO Unix all work beautifully on them. Of course, I do have a bios that I can customize the head/cylinder/sector count on. That my be a prerequisite. They are wonderful drives and I haven't had a drop of problem with any software on either drive. >Last of all (but perhaps most important), I've heard that using IDE >drives may be a little trouble (only the factory does any low-level >formatting(?)). Will I be able to change the Coherent partition >back to DOS if I'm so inclined? Nope. Depends on the drive, really. I've had absolutely no problems rearranging and resizing partitions on these drives. And, it's actually better that the drives are only low-level formatted once at the factory. The drive is smart enough to keep its own bad-track list internally and map out the bad spots with good ones automatically and invisibly to the user. No problems with Coherent, though. :) Can't speak for the Seagate--never actually seen one in use. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael L. VanLoon "Ignorance is bliss..." michaelv@iastate.edu -- Computer Engineering, Iowa State University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------