Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: Tyler Sarna Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What's the state with Minix and harddisks (Amiga) ? Message-ID: <51771@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 24 Apr 91 18:26:11 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 33 Frank Neumann writes: > I was just wondering if someone does work with AmigaMinix and can tell me > how far the recent version (I think the latest kernel I saw was dated > April 4th) does support harddisk usage ? The problem is that I am going to There is an Apr 22 version on ftp.cs.vu.nl. It is supposed to support the C= A2091, A590, and A3000 SCSI interfaces. Other people are working on drivers for different controllers, but they are not far along enough yet to discuss. > purchase AmigaMinix next weekend on a fair, but it isn't really worth the > price if it doesn't work with harddisks. (You know, I've had to work with > just one floppy drive for 3 years, and now that I have a harddisk, I don't > want to miss it). My system consists of an Amiga 500 with 2.3 MBytes RAM and > a 65 MBytes Seagate harddisk (via Omti-Controller). I heard that Commodore's > controller is already supported now, but that can't be all, can it ? > Please help me decide whether to buy it or not. The Omti is just a ST-506 -> SCSI interface for a hard disk, isn't it? What kind of Amiga -> SCSI interface are you using? That is, who makes the piece that actually connects to the 86 pin SOTS bus on the left side of the 500? Secondly, how on earth does one get such an odd number as 2.3 Megs of Ram? -- Tyler "Ty" Sarna tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu "I protest Captain! I am NOT a merry man!" -- Lt. Worf