MAXTOR XT4170 with WD1007 Controller (& SpeedStore)

[Karl Denninger]

In article <1187 at otc.otca.oz> ronb at otc.otca.oz (Ron Barrett) writes:
>Is anyone using a WD1007 with a MAXTOR XT4170 hard disk? Im using it in an AST
>386 running XENIX 2.3.1. The basic problem is that the system locks up whilst
>accessing the harddisk. Apparently the WD ESDI controller doesn't work all that
>well with a hard disk with more than 1024 cyclinders.

Yep.  With 2.3.1 this can happen.

But, you did give incomplete information.  Which WD1007 board do you have?
The suffix on the part number is <very> important.

>The dealer told me about a program called SpeedStore from Storage Dimension
>that is supposed to fix the problem?

SpeedStore won't work.  Updating to 2.3.2 OR getting a SLS patch from SCO 
will fix the problem.  See your dealer.

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