Adding an XT-Controller Card to a XENIX System.

[pri=-10 Stuart Lynne]

In article <26252 at teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> 0rrodrig at teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) writes:
>Hello:
>
>	I'm wondering if anyone out there has added a second hard disk
>to their SCO XENIX 2.2.1 system where the second hard disk is on an
>IBM PC-XT-type controller card.  I'm using such a setup now, where the
>second hard disk is a PLUS-DEVELOPMENT-SYSTEM Hardcard-20.  The mkdev hd
>command just hangs after I answer the prompt.  Any pointers would be
>helpful. The manual says that xenix wants to have a single controller
>card, but perhaps there are exceptions?

Dave Dillabough (dave at dilltk.uucp) has two AT disk controllers running under
SCO 2.3 for the 386.

I leave posting the recipe to Dave but basically you have to address the
second card to the secondary winchester address and move the interrupt to
#15. This is the hard part because althought most of the controllers seem to
allow for readdressing, they don't allow the interrupt to be moved, so a
minor hardware mod is involved.

Anyhow the last I heard he did indeed have four hard disks up and running.

The XT probably has a similiar problem with interrupts. But you should also
check with SCO to see if they support two XT controllers (they do support
two AT controllers).


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