andrew@teslab.lab.OZ (Andrew Phillips 289 8712) (11/28/89)
We just got VP/ix version 1.1.0 and have had a few problems running
it on Xenix 2.3.1.
First, here is my vpix.cnf file:
C /usr/vpix/defaults/C:
ROM /usr/vpix/defaults/rom
CMOS /usr/vpix/defaults/cmos
BOOTIMAGE $HOME/vpix/vpix.img
EGAROM /usr/vpix/defaults/romvga
A /dev/rfd096
B /dev/rfd1135ds18
D /dev/hd00
E $HOME/vpix/E:
MOUSE /dev/mouse/vpix0
My major problem is that I can't access the MSDOS partition on the
hard disk (as drive D). After trying a few things I realised
something that I hadn't know before - I can't access the SCSI drive
if I boot up with vanilla IBM PC-DOS, I have to use MSDOS supplied by
Apricot (MS-DOS 3.3) which presumably has special hooks for the SCSI
hard drive. If I try to boot VP/ix with Apricot's version of MS-DOS
I get "General protection fault - cannot emulate instruction". Would
Update A allow me to run this version of MSDOS?
If I boot with the MS-DOS 3.2 that comes with VP/ix and do a chkdsk
of drive D I get a "probable non-DOS disk" message. I haven't tried
formating drive D because "DIR D:" gives all sorts of names which
look like some things on the Xenix partition and the drive is OK
under MS-DOS 3.3.
I also get several messages when starting up VP/ix, which I can't
explain because I can find no reference to these error numbers in the
manual:
"Error 13 opening mouse file /dev/mouse/vpix0".
"Error 16 encountered opening file /dev/rfd1135ds18 as drive B"
From my experiments it seems that you can't have more than one real
floppy disk accessible from VP/ix? i.e. A: or B: but not both.
Also when I try to go to the pseudo hard drive (E:) I get "Invalid
drive specification". Is it that only drives C and D can be pseudo
hard disk drives?
Thanks in advance. Andrew.
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Andrew Phillips (andrew@teslab.lab.oz{.au}) Ph. +61 (Aust) 2 (Sydney) 289 8712neal@clkwrka.UUCP (11/29/89)
>We just got VP/ix version 1.1.0 and have had a few problems running >it on Xenix 2.3.1. > >First, here is my vpix.cnf file: > >My major problem is that I can't access the MSDOS partition on the >hard disk (as drive D). After trying a few things I realised >> It sounds like you are in a world of hurt... Vp/ix seems to assume a standard dos disk organization... >I also get several messages when starting up VP/ix, which I can't >explain because I can find no reference to these error numbers in the >manual: Look in the section 2 entry for errno.h. They are standard unix error numbers. (i know, why didn't they tell me that... of course! look at the kernel source!) > >"Error 13 opening mouse file /dev/mouse/vpix0". > 13 is permission problem. >"Error 16 encountered opening file /dev/rfd1135ds18 as drive B" > 16 is device busy or mounted. >>From my experiments it seems that you can't have more than one real >floppy disk accessible from VP/ix? i.e. A: or B: but not both. > My experience is that you just can't get the second drive addressed by Vpix at all whether you call it A: or B:. It seems to have a mental block on multiple drives. (see also my posting on using second Dos hard disk) >Also when I try to go to the pseudo hard drive (E:) I get "Invalid >drive specification". Is it that only drives C and D can be pseudo >hard disk drives? > Unless you are a glutton for punishment, why use psuedo drives? using netup and redirected drives allows file sharing... Hope this helps...