francis@hslrswi.UUCP (Francis Demierre) (04/26/89)
Hi, Net people ! This message is rather longb (about 120 lines), if you do not like long ones, press 'n' now.... :-) first, the machine configuration: - IBM PS 2/80 - SYSGEN BridgeFile 5.25" Floppy disk (PSA 1060 Adapter). - One Disk Partition with DOS 3.30 - Others to SCO XENIX 386 Vsn 2.2.2 The SYSGEN BridgeFile has been installed on DOS with the INSTALL.EXE program provided with BridgFile. It works perfectly and I can read/write/format/etc.. 360K and 1.2M diskettes. Configuration of devices under SCO XENIX 386: brw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 53 Apr 25 18:02 fd1 brw-rw-rw 2 bin bin 2, 5 Apr 25 18:02 fd148 brw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 13 Apr 25 18:02 fd148ds8 brw-rw-rw 2 bin bin 2, 5 Apr 25 18:02 fd148ds9 brw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 9 Apr 25 18:02 fd148ss8 brw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 1 Apr 25 18:02 fd148ss9 brw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 53 Apr 25 18:02 fd196 brw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 53 Apr 25 18:02 fd196ds15 crw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 53 Apr 25 18:02 rfd1 crw-rw-rw 2 bin bin 2, 5 Apr 25 18:02 rfd148 crw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 13 Apr 25 18:02 rfd148ds8 crw-rw-rw 2 bin bin 2, 5 Apr 25 18:02 rfd148ds9 crw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 9 Apr 25 18:02 rfd148ss8 crw-rw-rw 1 bin bin 2, 1 Apr 25 18:02 rfd148ss9 crw-rw-rw 2 bin bin 2, 53 Apr 25 18:02 rfd196 crw-rw-rw 2 bin bin 2, 53 Apr 25 18:02 rfd196ds15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEMS description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can tar/backup/restore/format /dev/fd148ds9 without problems. (either 48TPI 360K formatted or 96TPI 360K formatted). I can also read tar archives made on IBM PC AT (SCO XENIX 286 Vsn 2.2.3) to 360K diskettes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can 'format /dev/rfd196ds15' and everything seems to works ok but when I went on an IBM AT (with SCO XENIX 286 Vsn. 2.2.3) and tried to tar to this diskette using /dev/rfd096ds15, I got the error message: error on dev floppy (2/52), block=0 cmd=0003 status=0002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any attempt to make a tar archive with: 'tar cvkf 1200 /dev/fd196ds15' or 'tar cvkf 1200 /dev/fd196' give the following messages: Volume ends at 1199K, blockink factor = 1K seek = 0K a testfile 2K error on dev floppy (2/53), block=0 cmd=00000003 status=00000002 tar: tape write error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any atempt to read a tar archive made on IBM PC AT (SCO XENIX 286 Vsn 2.2.3) on 96TPI 1.2 M diskette with: 'tar xvf /dev/fd196ds15' or 'tar xvf /dev/fd196' give the following messages: error on dev floppy (2/53), block=0 cmd=00000003 status=00000002 tar: tape read error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any attempt to backup with: 'backup kf 1200 /dev/rfd196ds15' or 'backup kf 1200 /dev/rfd196' give the following messages: date = Tue Apr 25 19:51:31 1989 backup date = the epoch backing up /dev/rroot to /dev/rfd196ds15 I II estimated 24633K on 21 volumes(s) III error on dev floppy (0/53), block=0 cmd=00000003 status=00000002 backup: write failure on /dev/rfd196ds15 BTW: why (0/53) ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Shouting) "HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is SYSGEN BridgeFile 5.25" not supporting 1.2M format under SCO XENIX ? :-(( Am I doing something wrong ? :-( Is SCO XENIX doing something wrong ? :-( Did anyone got the same problems and found a way around them ? :-) Any other ideas ? I would very much appreciate any help/hints mailed to me... Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASCOM Hasler AG (Tlx: 911392 hsw ch Phn: +41-31 632111 Fax: +41-31 632182) Francis Demierre (UUCP: ...!mcvax!cernvax!hslrswi!francis Dpt 81B2 Phn: +41-31 633662 and all above numbers Belpstrasse 23 Unix mail: francis@hslrswi CH 3000 Bern 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bowles@eris.berkeley.edu (Jeff A. Bowles) (04/27/89)
In article <928@hslrswi.UUCP> francis@hslrswi.UUCP (Francis Demierre) writes: >- IBM PS 2/80 >- SYSGEN BridgeFile 5.25" Floppy disk (PSA 1060 Adapter). Uh, yeah. I sorta have a different question. (The same, but different.) I have a PC/AT-clone, with (I think) a Western Digital disk controller. The floppy cable is connected to a 37-pin adapter that the SYSGEN disk should be able to talk to, but I gotta get power to the SYSGEN drive. And they don't have a 5.25"-drive that takes power from anywhere but the 37-pin adapter. DOES ANYONE HAVE A 5.25" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE WITH SELF-CONTAINED POWER SUPPLY THAT I CAN ORDER? I'd make one (a part from here, a little from there) but it really needs to be "out of the box" for supportability (sp?) reasons. Long story. Jeff Bowles