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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:38951 comp.os.386bsd.questions:2470 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:2769 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!nigel.msen.com!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!philapd!apdnews!spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl!wilko From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI and intermixing the two. Message-ID: <wilko.737389604@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 14 May 93 14:26:44 GMT References: <1993May13.182917.23510@mav.com> Sender: news@idca.tds.philips.nl Lines: 34 stu@mav.com (Stu Donaldson) writes: >I haven't been paying much attention to the advent of IDE controllers >over the last few years, and would like to know a few things. > 1) Is it true that IDE controllers/drives appear like the > original ST506 drives on ISA bus systems? That is at least what I've been told. > 2) What about software compatibility with IDE controllers? > Specifically do 386BSD and Linux work with IDE controllers? 2 friends of mine run Linux on IDE machines. 386bsd seems to work also (I have a SCSI machine) > 3) Can you intermix IDE with SCSI? meaning can you have an > IDE drive, and a SCSI board, with both drive and other > scsi peripherls? How abut under Linux or 386BSD? That should work with 386bsd, with a suitably configured kernel. Note that you have to disable the SCSI board BIOS. And make sure that there are no conflicting I/O ranges etc. >And, just another point, what about IDE or SCSI controllers >and the VESA Local bus? Dunno Wilko -- | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte mail: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Enterprise voice: +3155-432062 fax: +3155-432103 DTN: 829 2062 PO Box 245 - 7300 AE Apeldoorn - The Netherlands