nomad@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Lee Damon) (09/23/90)
I'm not sure I'm doing this right, but here's the scoop: I'm trying to download the minix binaries (tar files) to dragon. I have the small root system working, the system boots Minix, login works, etc. (I did all that the night I got the box running.) At this point I'm trying to follow directions in step 5 of the install doc. >NS32000 ROM Debugger >Version: Sat Jul 14 19:25:31 PDT 1990 >RAM free above 0x1554 > >Command (? for help): download 2000 >Stopped >castle.org# !db >dbugger/downdos bin1.tz 1 < /dev/cua0 > /dev/cua0 >Length=346262 CRC=31424 >castle.org# z > >Stopped >castle 84% fg >su >castle.org# fg >tip tb9600 >CRC ok, length = 346262 >Command (? for help): write d'30256 2000 d'346262 (it never comes back.... the disk activity light went out a long time ago.) I've tried "write d'30256*2 2000 d'346262*2" and other combinations as well. (I left the drive table alone, 40MB should be enough to get the file systems up and running, and when I looked at bc64, the number wasn't 0, so I didn't want to mess with things.) No matter what I do, it never returns. I then reboot the box, bring up minix, and try to read what I can: (Hoping I'll get something...) ># ncat /dev/hd4 | uncompress > /tmp/bin1.tar >Write failed >stdin: not in compressed format Based on the help command, I get the impression that I'm using it right, howerver I'm 98% sure I'm not using the monitor's "write" command correctly. I've tried all the combinations of write that I can think of, based on what's in the Minix install docs. I looked at the code in scsi_hi.c, but I'm not a programming type and it made little sense to me. Help? nomad --------------------------------- \ play: castle!nomad or nomad@castle.org - Lee "nomad" Damon - \ work: convex!nomad or nomad@convex.com \ Marketing Computer Systems Administrator - Convex [Super]Computer Co. / \ "I Can't Stand Intolerance!" / \
dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand) (09/23/90)
[In the message entitled "Help.... monitor never returns from write" on Sep 22, 14:07, Lee Damon writes:] > >CRC ok, length = 346262 > >Command (? for help): write d'30256 2000 d'346262 Try using blocks... about d'677 should be enough (instead of 346262). > ># ncat /dev/hd4 | uncompress > /tmp/bin1.tar > >Write failed > >stdin: not in compressed format I didn't have any luck using pipes this way, and you are using ncat wrong. Try: ncat /dev/hd4 346262 >/tmp/bin.tar.Z uncompress /tmp/bin.tar.Z tar xvf /tmp/bin.tar This should get you up... -- Dave Rand {pyramid|mips|bct|vsi1}!daver!dlr Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com
dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand) (09/23/90)
[In the message entitled "Re: Help.... monitor never returns from write" on Sep 22, 16:36, Dave Rand writes:] > [In the message entitled "Help.... monitor never returns from write" on Sep 22, 14:07, Lee Damon writes:] > > >CRC ok, length = 346262 > > >Command (? for help): write d'30256 2000 d'346262 > > Try using blocks... about d'677 should be enough (instead of 346262). Teach me to reply too quickly! Don't forget that the disk starting block is in disk-size blocks too. You should probably try: write d'60512 2000 d'677 -- Dave Rand {pyramid|mips|bct|vsi1}!daver!dlr Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com
nomad@hydra.convex.com (Lee Damon) (09/23/90)
>> >CRC ok, length = 346262 >> >Command (? for help): write d'30256 2000 d'346262 >Try using blocks... about d'677 should be enough (instead of 346262). <sigh> I read and reread and rereread that help message, and never made the connection <block> != <byte> . That's what I get for being in a hurry. >> ># ncat /dev/hd4 | uncompress > /tmp/bin1.tar >I didn't have any luck using pipes this way, and you are using ncat wrong. And again, what I get for typing in a hurry. I had ncat right on my screen, but didn't translate correctly. >This should get you up... Yep, it sure did. thanks! (once I changed the write target correctly to 60512 :-) So, dragon.castle.org is now running full distribution Minix. All I have to do now is figure out how to make backups. :-) Anyone have a driver for an Archive 2150S streaming tape drive? nomad --------------------------------- \ play: castle!nomad or nomad@castle.org - Lee "nomad" Damon - \ work: convex!nomad or nomad@convex.com \ Marketing Computer Systems Administrator - Convex [Super]Computer Co. / \ "I Can't Stand Intolerance!" / \