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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 12:27:32 +1000
From: Andrew Perry <andrew@shoal.net.au>
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Subject: Re: SmartConnex PM2001 SCSI
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It is definitely a SCSI controller but according to the manual it can 
emulate a WD1003. 
If WD1003 is an IDE controller can I just use the IDE controller in the 
visual kernel setup?

thanks
Andrew Perry
andrew@shoal.net.au

Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Andrew Perry wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I meant it's a SCSI card that plugs into an ISA slot (as opposed
> > to a PCI slot) it said that in the description in the manual so I
> > thought I would include it.
> 
> WD1003 is an IDE controller, according to the Handbook.  Does it have both
> SCSI and IDE ports?
> 
> The two technologies aren't interchangable, ie you can't have an IDE and a
> SCSI device on the same chain.
> 
> > When booting off the installation floppy and you go into visual kernel,
> > which scsi controller should I use.
> 
> You can try it normally and see if the wdc driver picks it up.
> 
> Somehow i'm skeptical.  It doesn't make sense.  Is it a SCSI or IDE
> controller?
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon
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