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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: MFM/RLL Disk Driver for ISC or ESIX?
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.045605.11844@crash.cts.com>
Date: 13 Jun 91 04:56:05 GMT
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dawes@suphys.physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) writes:
>In article <1991Jun11.121605.11455@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
>>mdm@cocktrice.uucp writes:
>>>Does anyone have a disk driver which would provide support for MFM/RLL drives
>>>attached to a second controller? I have spare equipment available which would
>>>be nice to use.
>>>
>>>Thank you for any information.
>>
>>The driver should work as is under ESIX.
>                                    ^^^^
>
>How?  I've looked at the entries in the kernel config files, and tried
>adding an entry for the second controller to /etc/conf/sdevice.d/hd, but
>when I run idbuild, it says "Only one specification of device 'hd'
>allowed".
>
>If its possible to use a second MFM controller with Esix I'd like to know
>how to do it --- I have a second controller I modified when I was using
>a Xenix system.

I have no experience with ESIX.  Since it is all derived from AT&T code, I am
making a reasonable assumption that the kernel configuration process would be
similiar.

     // JCA

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