debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) (02/24/89)
I seem to recall someone posting a message that the combination
Maxtor XT4170E / WD 1007A WAH/WA2 would not work since the Maxtor
ESDI drive would be soft sectored and the WD 1007 would require a
hard sectored drive.
I am in the process of shopping for a 386 system, and someone is trying
to sell me this combination, and claims he sold this before and it works.
Can anyone comment on this? Does this combination work or not?
Thanks for any info.
Paul.
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------------------------------------------------------neighorn@qiclab.UUCP (Steve Neighorn) (02/27/89)
In article <8953@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes: >I seem to recall someone posting a message that the combination >Maxtor XT4170E / WD 1007A WAH/WA2 would not work since the Maxtor >ESDI drive would be soft sectored and the WD 1007 would require a >hard sectored drive. Although I am not familiar with the 4170E (I assume it is a 170meg unformatted ESDI drive) its big brother the 4380 (380meg unformatted) drive can be configured for soft or hard sectored operation. The combination of the 4380 and the 1007A ESDI controller works fine, and I know of several installations where they are being used reliably on 80386 Unix platforms. I suspect the same can be said for the 4170 drive. Good luck with your purchase! -- Steven C. Neighorn !tektronix!{psu-cs,nosun,ogccse}!qiclab!neighorn Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Where we DESIGN the Star Fighters that defend the 9900 SW Greenburg Road #240 frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada" Portland, Oregon 97223 work: (503) 684-9001 / home: (503) 645-7015
brennan@merk.UUCP (Rich Brennan) (02/27/89)
In article <8953@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes: >I seem to recall someone posting a message that the combination >Maxtor XT4170E / WD 1007A WAH/WA2 would not work since the Maxtor >ESDI drive would be soft sectored and the WD 1007 would require a >hard sectored drive. > I've got a Maxtor EXT-4175; it is soft sectored, and will *not* work with the WD1007. When I was trying to get my disk/controller sorted out, the guy I finally bought my disk from said there was a hard sectored (WD1007 compatible) drive with a number slightly different than my EXT-4175; maybe that's what the XT-4175E is? Rrrrich. -- ...!{uunet,linus!alliant}!merk!root Rich Brennan