Re: >137GB IDE support, Re: 5.0.7 Fresh Installion with Merge 5

From: Bob Bailin (72027.3605_at_compuserve.com)
Date: 09/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:58:06 -0400

"Bela Lubkin" <belal@sco.com> wrote in message
news:20030925102543.GE24551@sco.com...
> Bob Bailin wrote:
>
> Bela>> 6. Wd Driver Supplement (recommended; required if ISL used "Wd
BTLD")
>
> Bob> Is this the same as the enhanced wd driver included in UP1? The UP1
Release
> Bob> Notes alluded to the new wd driver being released as a separate BTLD.
> Bob> (The new wd driver supports disks > 138GB.)
>
> UP1 does not include an enhanced "wd" driver. It does include other
> support code which is necessary for the enhanced "wd" driver to work and
> support IDE drives larger than 137GB. The driver portion was _supposed_
> to be in UP1, but it "missed the boat", it wasn't ready in time for UP1.
>
> It's ready now, being delivered as the "Wd Driver Supplement" which will
> be on the web site soon, as well as on the Update CD whose official
> title escapes me. A CD label I've seen says "SCO OpenServer Supplement
> CD 1 Featuring SCO Update Pack 1", which seems just a tad cumbersome.
>
> This is all going to be a bit confusing due to the odd order in which
> the bits have shipped. MP1 and UP1 shipped as web downloads. Now, a
> month later, the corresponding CD is about to ship; it contains extra
> pieces. Those pieces will also make their way onto the web site.
>
> Among the extra pieces are:
>
> "Wd Driver Supplement": fixes a number of bugs (see its README
> materials); on OSR507+UP1 only, also supports IDE drives >137GB;
> on OSR506, adds ATAPI CD & DVD writer support (driver level, you still
> need user code like `cdrecord` or commercial backup software)
>
> "wd BTLD": same driver as above, in a form suitable for use at boot
> time, if you're unable to start installing without it. NOTE: if UP1
> is installed on a system initially installed with the wd BTLD, the "Wd
> Driver Supplement" must be installed immediately after UP1 (before
> reboot), because UP1 includes older versions of some crucial boot
> files and the system can become unbootable.
>
> "Large Filesystem Performance Supplement": OSR507 only (does not
> require UP1); increases HTFS performance on large filesystems
>
> Bela>> 7. Large Filesystem Performance Supplement
>
> Bob> Also not yet officially announced or released?
>
> Right. Part of the above CD, which is now in manufacturing; will be on
> the web site as soon as those gears finish grinding.

Hopefully when this is released there will be some hard and fast definition
of "large" (unlike the confusion many years ago with a similar supplement
for 5.0.2), and whether installing it on a "not large" system will have any
adverse effects.

>
> >Bela<

Thanks for the detailed information. I wish/hope that these details will be
included in the various README files on the SCO Openserver ftp site,
which haven't been properly updated in weeks. Specifically, there's no
indication which SLS and driver files are already included in or
superceded by MP1 & UP1. A TA summarizing the installation order that
you posted earlier is probably also warranted.

Bob

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