michaelb@wshb.csms.com ( WSHB Operations Eng) (03/30/91)
HELP!! I'm trying to change an SCO XENIX system to some RLL disks and am having a hell of a time. The system is SCO XENIX 2.3.2 with a Western Digital WD1006V-SR2 with two Microscience HH-1120 RLL disks. Things keep blowing up by destroying everything on head 6. I have tried it with a Seagate 4144R with the same results. I also tried the setup with an old Miniscribe drive with only 4 heads and things fly right. (Except that I can't really use the system because the drive is so small.) I am about to condemn the WD1006V-SR2. I can't find anything wrong with anything else. The system runs fine with a DPT cached ESDI card and an ESDI drive. I haven't tried it with an MFM setup. (Besides, I have these two RLL drives that need to be doing something useful.) Does anyone have any suggestions (besides abandon MFM - I alrady have the drives.) I know people have used Xenix with RLL drives and controllers. What kind of controller works well. What should I avoid. (WD1006 I already know about - the hard way.) Thanks for any advice and pointers. Michael -- Michael Batchelor--Systems/Operations Engineer #compliments and complaints WSHB - An International Broadcast Station of # letterbox@csms.com The Christian Science Monitor Syndicate, Inc. #technical questions and reports michaelb@wshb.csms.com +1 803 625 4880 # letterbox-tech@csms.com