mikeh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Michael Hoffos) (06/21/91)
I have had an interesting experience over the last 2 days: I was trying to get ESIX to add an ST2383N connected to a 1542B. It is the only device on the Adaptec, and ESIX can't make any file systems other than one great huge one on it. Tech support says it is likely a timing problem. Has anyone out there tried to connect up a 2383N under ESIX? Did it work? How/why? If no-one else has tried, then I guess the conclusion is that you can't use a 2383N with the 1542B under ESIX. (For what it is worth, the exact problem is that /etc/ffs/newfs can't open device /dev/rdsk/c1d0s1, which would be the first partition on the drive. mkpart worked though ...). Mike Hoffos
rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) (06/22/91)
In article <1991Jun20.185945.8555@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> mikeh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Michael Hoffos) writes: > I have had an interesting experience over the last 2 days: I > was trying to get ESIX to add an ST2383N connected to a > 1542B. I can't address your ESIX issue, but I can tell you that I have 2 of the 2383s connected to a 1542B and they work great under SCO ODT. The performance of the half-height 2383s is so good that I no longer buy any full-height drives unless I need at least 600 MB. -- Rick Farris RF Engineering POB M Del Mar, CA 92014 voice (619) 259-6793 rfarris@rfengr.com ...!ucsd!serene!rfarris serenity bbs 259-7757
mikeh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Michael Hoffos) (06/23/91)
In article <1991Jun22.021037.29416@rfengr.com> rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) writes: >In article <1991Jun20.185945.8555@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> mikeh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Michael Hoffos) writes: > >> I have had an interesting experience over the last 2 days: I >> was trying to get ESIX to add an ST2383N connected to a >> 1542B. > >I can't address your ESIX issue, but I can tell you that I >have 2 of the 2383s connected to a 1542B and they work great >under SCO ODT. > >The performance of the half-height 2383s is so good that I >no longer buy any full-height drives unless I need at least >600 MB. > >-- >Rick Farris RF Engineering POB M Del Mar, CA 92014 voice (619) 259-6793 >rfarris@rfengr.com ...!ucsd!serene!rfarris serenity bbs 259-7757 Yep, I agree now. I *finally* got it working. For some reason or another, ESIX could not make a file system on any partition *unless* the first physical partition was a DOS one. Sort of bugs me, as my primary drive already has a DOS partition, and I was hoping that I could use the 2383N all for UNIX, but such is life. Fantastic drive. Very cheap, very very fast. Half height. Mike Hoffos