RLL Controllers

Michael Fallavollita mikef at Portia.Stanford.EDU
Mon Feb 13 21:45:55 AEST 1989


Has anyone had any trouble with RLL controllers on 386 machines?
I have tried both the Adaptec 2372B and an OMTI RLL controller
and have had very weird errors.  The adaptec worked for about a week
before I got sector not found errors and finally boot errors.  When
I was installing the OMTI I got controller errors from SpeedStor when
doing a media analysis on cylinders 612-614.  Also, I was unable to
get SpeedStor to set the bad track table correctly.  It said it was
doing it but when I format, those tracks are not locked out.

Does anyone have a recommendation between the OMTI and the ADAPTE
controllers.  The OMTI I have now belongs to a friend and I'm 
definately going to return the Adaptec and get either a new one or
a different controller.  

Any opinions on which controller would be appreciated.

				Thanks,
				
				mikef at portia.stanford.edu



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