QIC-40 drives and Interactive 386/ix 2.0.2

Dadid Hawke dvh at ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au
Thu Mar 7 16:24:00 AEST 1991


Has anyone had any success with QIC40 format drives running from the floppy
controller under Interactive 386/ix 2.0.2. The specific drive is a Colorado
Jumbo (60Mb). My understanding is that it is a supported device, but the 
manuals provide NO guide.

Specifically - drive installed as second drive on the floppy controller;
	     - sdevice.d/fdt and ft_ - second field changed to Y
	     - sdevice/fd            - second field changed to N
	     -/etc/conf/cf.d/mdevice
		 entry for fd  - r deleted from third field (whinges
				 about fd being required otherwse).

Kernel rebuilt and installed
dd if=/dev/qic40 reports an error - error number changes if repeated.
This is after a delay - maybe a timeout limit is too short for this drive ?

1: Are QIC-40 devices supported under Interactive 386/ix 2.0.2
2: If so - any suggestions about how to configure the kernel and 
   access the drive.

Thanks in advance - can't get any joy out of local suppliers !

David Hawke (Aust Defence Force Academy / Univ of Auckland)

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