borton@net1.ucsd.edu (Chris Borton) (11/05/87)
In article <181@artsvax.UUCP> mike@artsvax.UUCP (Michael Czeiszperger) writes: >As for the driver that needs to be written on the disk, I've read the >developer info, and it seems to indicate that the driver is kept in >a resource with a non-standard name, to be decided by the vendor. If >this is the case, why can't I just copy the driver using ResEdit into >my program? The driver also needs to be on the first two blocks of the hard disk, which are inaccessible by normal programs (even Fedit). There is a very nice shareware ($10 or donate blood) SCSI formatter and installer available already, done by Ephraim. SCSI idiosyncracies are handled through resources. Nicely done. Should be available through a user group. -cbb Chris "Johann" Borton, UC San Diego ...!sdcsvax!borton borton@ucsd.edu "Letztes Jahr in Deutschland, noch ein Jahr hier, en dan naar Amsterdam!
mike@artsvax.UUCP (11/06/87)
In article <4256@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> borton@net1.UUCP (Chris Borton) writes: >In article <181@artsvax.UUCP> mike@artsvax.UUCP (Michael Czeiszperger) writes: >>As for the driver that needs to be written on the disk, I've read the >>developer info, and it seems to indicate that the driver is kept in >>a resource with a non-standard name, to be decided by the vendor. If >>this is the case, why can't I just copy the driver using ResEdit into >>my program? > >The driver also needs to be on the first two blocks of the hard disk, which >are inaccessible by normal programs (even Fedit). > The driver isn't on the first two blocks, they contain header information. They can be accessed through the SCSI manager, which I have already managed to do. They question was whether I can just copy a driver from another formatter/init program. Fortunately, I managed to figure it out myself. I think the driver needs to be somewhat customized, so as long as the driver is for the same type of disk, everything should be all right. I've got ahold of the Developers SCSI example driver, and am working on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael S. Czeiszperger | Disclaimer: "Sorry, I'm all out of pith" Systems Programmer I | Smail: Room 406 Baker (614) College of the Arts | 1971 Neil Avenue 292- Computer Lab | Columbus, OH 43210 0895 The Ohio State University | UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax}!cbosgd!osupyr!artsvax!mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~