clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis) (01/28/89)
1) Does anybody know whether it is possible to upgrade a 2.2.1 386
Xenix system to 2.3.1 without having to do a full install?
(Compaq 386 if it matters)
2) will the old VP/IX (1.0.4 - "controlled release" I think) work with
the new kernel?
3) Any problems with Xenix 2.3.1 and WD1007-? ESDI controllers?
Tanks muchly. G'nite.
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In article <203@ecicrl.UUCP>, clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes: > 1) Does anybody know whether it is possible to upgrade a 2.2.1 386 > Xenix system to 2.3.1 without having to do a full install? > (Compaq 386 if it matters) The docs for 2.3.1 say you can (chapter 3, Installation Guide), but I have not tried it ... the C compiler for 2.3.1 is still the version 2.2. > 2) will the old VP/IX (1.0.4 - "controlled release" I think) work with > the new kernel? Don't know, but many improvements have been made to the new release, still some nagging problems, though. > 3) Any problems with Xenix 2.3.1 and WD1007-? ESDI controllers? I use an AST model 390, 90 Mbyte CDC hard disk with ESDI, but don't know if it is WD though (it came with the machine) ... seems to work fine. John, ..uunet!smosjc!john
morris@dms.UUCP (Jim Morris) (01/31/89)
> In article <203@ecicrl.UUCP>, clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes: >> 1) Does anybody know whether it is possible to upgrade a 2.2.1 386 >> Xenix system to 2.3.1 without having to do a full install? >> (Compaq 386 if it matters) > NO!!!!!! IT DOESN'T QUITE WORK. I tried it, Apparently the DOCS are wrong. I called SCO and they said that only 2.2.3 and above will upgrade properly!!! -- Jim Morris. morris@dms.UUCP or weitek!dms!morris Atari Games Corporation, Sycamore Drive, Milpitas CA 95035. (Arcade Video Game Manufacturer, NOT Atari Corp. ST manufacturer). Any opinions expressed are probably my own, and not those of Atari Games Corp.
chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) (02/01/89)
According to clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis):
>Any problems with Xenix 2.3.1 and WD1007-? ESDI controllers?
Not here. We (A T Engineering) have been installing Everex Step 20 machines
with WD1007 ESDI controllers and CDC drives. Nary a hiccup (so far :-)).
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Chip Salzenberg <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
A T Engineering Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest!
"It's no good. They're tapping the lines."Dion_L_Johnson@cup.portal.com (02/02/89)
In article <mumble>, smosjc!john wrote (about SCO XENIX):
... the C compiler for 2.3.1 is still the version 2.2.
The new 2.3 Development System from SCO is now shipping with
complete XENIX systems, or it is available separately. There
will be an upgrade deal soon (if not already).
Disclaimer: They dont know I said this.tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz) (02/03/89)
Quoth chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) in <1989Jan31.161458.19124@ateng.ateng.com>: |According to clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis): |>Any problems with Xenix 2.3.1 and WD1007-? ESDI controllers? | |Not here. We (A T Engineering) have been installing Everex Step 20 machines |with WD1007 ESDI controllers and CDC drives. Nary a hiccup (so far :-)). Chip, are you installing tape drives with those? I just received the latest rev controller chip for my Wyse-supplied WD 1007, which in earlier revs was known by Wyse to be incompatible with the Wangtech tape drive controller they also supplied, and was supposed to be compatible in this rev. Unfortunately, it is displaying some of the same behavior (hangs while doing a bad block check using Wyse's DOS SETUP program... also used to hang while initializing, when I saw it hang during disk check, I decided not to try that one, and just kept the old low-level format I had done with the Wangtech card removed) the old rev displayed. I just received the latest rev of the motherboard and daughterboard, too... I'm getting a little frustrated, to put it mildly. So far, the reinstallation of Xenix is going okay, but I hope I don't have to go through this again... -- "Let's not be too tough on our own ignorance. It's the thing that makes America great. If America weren't incomparably ignorant, how could we have tolerated the last eight years?" ---- Frank Zappa, Feb 1, 1989 ---- Tom Betz - 914-375-1510 - cmcl2!dasys1!tbetz & cmcl2!philabs!spies!tbetz