0rrodrig@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) (12/27/88)
Hello:
I'm wondering if anyone out there has added a second hard disk
to their SCO XENIX 2.2.1 system where the second hard disk is on an
IBM PC-XT-type controller card. I'm using such a setup now, where the
second hard disk is a PLUS-DEVELOPMENT-SYSTEM Hardcard-20. The mkdev hd
command just hangs after I answer the prompt. Any pointers would be
helpful. The manual says that xenix wants to have a single controller
card, but perhaps there are exceptions?
Russell Rodriguez
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In article <26252@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> 0rrodrig@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) writes: >Hello: > > I'm wondering if anyone out there has added a second hard disk >to their SCO XENIX 2.2.1 system where the second hard disk is on an >IBM PC-XT-type controller card. I'm using such a setup now, where the >second hard disk is a PLUS-DEVELOPMENT-SYSTEM Hardcard-20. The mkdev hd >command just hangs after I answer the prompt. Any pointers would be >helpful. The manual says that xenix wants to have a single controller >card, but perhaps there are exceptions? Dave Dillabough (dave@dilltk.uucp) has two AT disk controllers running under SCO 2.3 for the 386. I leave posting the recipe to Dave but basically you have to address the second card to the secondary winchester address and move the interrupt to #15. This is the hard part because althought most of the controllers seem to allow for readdressing, they don't allow the interrupt to be moved, so a minor hardware mod is involved. Anyhow the last I heard he did indeed have four hard disks up and running. The XT probably has a similiar problem with interrupts. But you should also check with SCO to see if they support two XT controllers (they do support two AT controllers). -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532
debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) (12/28/88)
In article <26252@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> 0rrodrig@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) writes: >Hello: > > I'm wondering if anyone out there has added a second hard disk >to their SCO XENIX 2.2.1 system where the second hard disk is on an >IBM PC-XT-type controller card... >... The manual says that xenix wants to have a single controller >card, but perhaps there are exceptions? SCO Xenix 2.2.1, and earlier versions, don't work with more than one controller card. (The fact that yours is an XT-type doesn't matter) SCO added support for a second controller card in a more recent version, I forget whether it is 2.2.3 or 2.3, but certainly more recent that 2.2.1. Paul. -- ------------------------------------------------------ |debra@research.att.com | uunet!research!debra | ------------------------------------------------------
jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (12/29/88)
In article <8611@alice.UUCP>, debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) writes: > In article <26252@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> 0rrodrig@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) writes: > > SCO added support for a second controller card in a more recent version, > I forget whether it is 2.2.3 or 2.3, but certainly more recent that 2.2.1. SCO added support for a second controller card in 2.3. Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc. -- life used to be so simple.