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From: fwb@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Frank Bennett) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:05:44 GMT Subject: other Drivers/kernels? Message-ID: <128770001@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpfcso!fwb Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Lines: 51 It's been said: "U**x and the like is abunch of drivers with a little bit of code wrapped around it". So anybody out there got a driver/kernel for Future Domain TMC950? Does the driver need to be in the boot_image & the root_image? yeah, yeah that Future Domain is only an 8bit non bus mastering.....but SCSI controller in general are faster than MFM controllers (8 bits vrs 1bit). I was also successful in booting & mounting the root_image, so the Future Domain floppy controller is compatiable with the Western Digital bla, bla, bla. I did get a message to the effect "no hd controllers found" & install asks about "Installing the OS on my TV" I also was able to cpio the src tree in under ISC, but there not much chance of making a kernel there. Make was seriously confused about: .include <bizmumble.stuff> It's hard to even make make. The binarys are not compatible either. Isn't there some kind of object or executable standard (COFF) such that one can execute 386 bin created under one OS on a different OS (ISC vrs SCO for example)? Or is their many standards to choose from (ISC, SCO, Minix, Linux, 386BSD)? It would be nice if 386BSD at least supported a list of drivers similar to say ISC or SCO. I have ISC up and running with my Future Domain and a Wantek tape drive (but why not support any tape that has the SCSI common command set?) Minix had a bios_wini, which helped. So I did poke around Linux Land on headrest.woz.colorado.edu:/pub/linux in the SCSI stuff. And I subscribed to the "automated mailer??" thingy, sort of got tired messing with this loser. > Some patches for Future Domain TMC 950 boards were posted to > the net These will be incorporated into the > "Standard" SCSI release RSN. What's a RSN? RealSooN? version 0.97 is going to include what? Adaptec 1542b go for $285 or so, floppy controller? Future domain TMC950 go for $85 and it also has a floppy controller Seagate ST0* only support segate drives So for the price differential, we all could have a SCSI tape drive! regards & Thanks, Frank