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From: neese@cpe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: ESDI vs SCSI
Message-ID: <3400010@cpe>
Date: 17 Apr 89 15:55:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cpe.UUCP!neese    Apr 17 10:55:00 1989


>>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.

False again, SCO has support for SCSI also.

					Roy Neese
				UUCP @ {texbell, merch, killer}!cpe!neese
					Tandy Computer Product Engineering