ide esdi coexistence hello all you the net are my last resort or i ll just change my job this might be a faq e g mixing controllers but haven t seen any sys ami bios and your run of the mill multi i o card with serials paral floppies and ide controller clone gw ex there are no jumpers affecting the hd or ctrller quantum prodrive lps m type cyl hds spt pb i want to bring in this nd hand neat price maxtor xt b e m ms bios type ctrller manages the real geom cyl hds spt western digital wd v se esdi ctrller no floppies jumpers set irq hw port addr f and bios addr cc c and other floppy format stuff goal have the wd esdi as a secondary controller and have both disks simultaneously working being able to boot from the esdi too would be a nice bonus but is not expected ultimate goal have room for linux et al ex of scheme i have in mind boot from ide hd or floppy and mount the esdi as root not booting from esdi or even from hd is acceptable i have tried numerous all combinations to no avail they work alone or can coexist witout hang ups but can t access the esdi or the ide depending on setup jumpers useful suggestions might be how do i tell the bios setup about two ctrllers i guess the nd hd is expected to hang off the same ctrller as the st do i need some driver to make it work some new bios chip for any of these cards do i have to buy another controller to make them hds happy ide is cheaper esdi is hard to find and rather costly i m not rich or i wouldnt try to scavenge around so soft slns are preferred adapters of some sort i can hold a soldering iron and can change a chip or put a jumper also useful bbs or hot line of western digital ftp archives with relevant info expert stores in toronto ontario area that would be a miracle haven t seen any really knowledgeable ppl in a while any hints into inner workings of the system anything else that helped you in similar situations prayers direct or posted replies are ok many thanks cat catalin ivan email ivan iro umontreal ca tel human computer interaction humain machine universite de montreal informatique et recherche operationelle
