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From: nova@ubbpc.UUCP (Nova Software)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: ESDI vs SCSI
Message-ID: <587@ubbpc.UUCP>
Date: 14 Apr 89 19:55:51 GMT
References: <6628@mrspoc.UUCP> <2422@cps3xx.UUCP>
Reply-To: nova@ubbpc.Blue Bell.UNISYS.COM (Nova Software, Inc. )
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In article <2422@cps3xx.UUCP> usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
>
>is just fine. One word of warning, since the kernel needs the SCSI
>driver installed, you have to gen a kernel on a machine with a normal AT
>drive and make a new N1 disk. I assume this is the same case for ESDI.
>

True, SCSI requires the kernel twiddling.  False, ESDI doesn't: it works
out of the box (once you figure out what the low-level parameters are: drive
type, etc).  This is the case with SCO Xenix, anyway.