di@hstbme.mit.edu (David Israel) (09/06/90)
A friend of mine recently bought a Perstor ARLL controller that he would like to use with Microport SysV/386 v3.0e. However, he found that he could not get through the install procedure (he has no trouble installing with an MFM controller), even though the hardware works fine under DOS and Microport supports RLL controllers by allowing a user-selectable number of sectors per track. Has anybody managed to install Microport System V/386 on a machine with this controller? If so, could you provide details? Failing that, does anybody know whether this controller is usable with any of the other 386 Sys V versions? Thanks. David Israel (di@hstbme.mit.edu)
johncore@compnect.UUCP (John Core ) (09/08/90)
In article <1990Sep5.210826.14041@athena.mit.edu>, di@hstbme.mit.edu (David Israel) writes: > A friend of mine recently bought a Perstor ARLL controller that he > would like to use with Microport SysV/386 v3.0e. However, he found that > he could not get through the install procedure (he has no trouble > installing with an MFM controller), even though the hardware works > fine under DOS and Microport supports RLL controllers by allowing a > user-selectable number of sectors per track. Has anybody > managed to install Microport System V/386 on a machine with this > controller? If so, could you provide details? Failing that, does > anybody know whether this controller is usable with any of the other > 386 Sys V versions? Thanks. > > David Israel (di@hstbme.mit.edu) a few questions. What did he use to low-level the drive, how did the install fail? Some controllers forget about the existance of any other os other than MS-DOS and mark the ENTIRE track bad when they find a bad sector. This will add 26 entries (26 sectors/track) into /etc/partitions on the uport install quickly blowing the 64 entry limit. Wizard Systems | UUCP: uunet!wa3wbu!compnect!johncore P.O. Box 6269 |INTERNET: johncore@compnect.wa3wbu Harrisburg, Pa. 17112-6269 |a public bbs since 1978. Data(717)657-4992 & 4997 John Core, SYSOP |------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------| No matter where you go, there you are! a woman is just a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. -R. Kipling