Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!ptimtc!rdmei!spgw01!iegva1!kuis!aegis!davidg From: davidg%aegis.or.jp@kyoto-u.ac.jp (Dave McLane) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Adding IDE drive to ISC 2.2 on ESDI Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 02:36:07 GMT Organization: Aegis Society Lines: 32 I'm running ISC 2.2 on a Dell System 333D (386 33 MHz) with a single 320 MB ESDI hard disk + Ultrastore 12F controller. Now I want to add a 200 MB IDE drive which will fit inside the case (as the 3 regular drive bays are taken up with the ESDI, a tape unit, and a floppy). According to Dell, the IDE must be the primary drive and the ESDI the secondary drive but I don't want my root directory, etc. on the IDE as it is materially slower than the ESDI (I am currently running the IDE on a DOS system). So the question is, can I have the IDE drive defined as the primary hard drive, but have my root directory, etc. on the secondary drive? I'll summarize any replies by mail. Thanks in advance for any advice/experience/caveats you can give me, Dave -- Dave McLane JUNET INTERNET BITNET UUNET ==== The Aegis Society ============================================= Minami Hirao 1-6, Imazato The content and process of Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto-fu, 617 Japan international/cultural Tel: +81-75-951-1168 Fax: +81-75-957-1087 communication. ====================================================================