386/ix hangs when 2nd ESDI drive attached
John L. Grzesiak
jlg at odicon.UUCP
Wed Oct 25 01:00:44 AEST 1989
In article <1470 at redsox.bsw.com>, campbell at redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes:
> I'm trying to add a 2nd ESDI drive to my Dell 310 running 386/ix (2.0.2).
> My controller (unfortunately, it seems) is a WD1007A. I don't have the
> --
Not so on the 34 spt only. What you should do is add jumper W8 to the 1007a.
This will put the controller into a WD1005 compatible mode. (Except , contrary
to what most WD people will tell you, it WILL handle a 1:1 interleave). The
WD1005 compat mode handles 36spt just fine and will increase track buffering
performance as well as slightly increase your drive space. Three hints :
1) Don't use the Interactive formatter as this is just for ST506 drives
2) Get the WD formatter to show the correct spt.
3) Don't answer yes to the alternate sectors question.
*-----------------------------------------------------------------*
* John Grzesiak : Specializing in UNIX/XENIX *
* @ Omega Dynamics : Consulting . . . . *
* Wallingford Ct USA : *
* jlg at odicon or spock!odicon!jlg : gaboon!odicon!jlg *
*-----------------------------------------------------------------*
More information about the Comp.unix.i386
mailing list