bill@bilver.UUCP (bill vermillion) (12/22/88)
Annoying - but no real problem. I was installing a pair of IBM 80's today with SCO Xenix. One of the application program runs a script that checks all the mounted devices with the df command - and presents you with a menu asking on which device you would like to install the programs. The install floppy was a 3.5" device, and it dev name is fd0135ds18. When the program run - you will get an error message. df: /dev/fd0135ds not found. Turns out that the df command can't handle the string that long. The work around is to link the name to another device - I made /dev/fd0hi - to indicate a high capacity 3.5 inch disk. Thought it might help someone who might have a similar problem. -- Bill Vermillion - UUCP: {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd}!peora!rtmvax!bilver!bill : bill@bilver.UUCP
chip@vector.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) (12/25/88)
>Turns out that the df command can't handle the string that long. The >work around is to link the name to another device This approach is kind of already used. For example, I never mount "/dev/fd096ds15", I mount "/dev/fd096". Why don't you just make "/dev/fd0135" a link to whichever 135 tpi floppy you normally use? -- Chip Rosenthal chip@vector.UUCP | Choke me in the shallow water Dallas Semiconductor 214-450-5337 | before I get too deep.