Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!samsung!emory!gatech!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!sun13!sun8.scri.fsu.edu!nall From: nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: ESDI disk support in Minix Message-ID: <3300@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> Date: 24 Jun 91 18:40:22 GMT References: Sender: news@sun13.scri.fsu.edu Distribution: comp Organization: SCRI, Florida State University Lines: 20 In article boot@osf.org writes: > >I'm currently running Minix-386, and am about to upgrade from a normal >(MFM) disk to a large ESDI disk. I vaguely remember someone posting an >article saying that I could just use the at_wini driver, and redefine >N_SECTORS appropriately. Is there anything special I need to know? Are >there any special jumper settings needed on the controller (it's a >WD-1007 FD/FD controller). > I run Minix-386 with a 330 megabyte ESDI disk, and did not have to change one blessed thing. Runs fine. (Well, except for dosread/write not liking the hd - I just use a 1.2 meg floppy for that). -- John W. Nall | Supercomputer Computations Research Institute nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu | Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 "Complete solitude is a torment which not even Hell threatens."