francis@hslrswi.UUCP (Francis Demierre) (04/26/89)
Hi, Net people !
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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
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PROBLEMS description
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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) ?
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(Shouting) "HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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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.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------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