rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) (09/11/88)
Does anyone know if it's possible to address the second dos
partition of the hard drive using the dos utilities? i.e. dosls, dosdir,
dosrm, doscat, etc. I have installed a larger drive since purchasing
xenix, and I partitioned it as below:
dos c: 2 meg
dos d: 57 meg
xenix: 98 meg
As it is, I can only read the dos c: partition which has only my system
files. The dos d: partition has all the good stuff and I haven't figured
out how to access it (if possible) using the xenix dos utilities.
I used SpeedStor to do the partitioning.
Thanks,
Roger Cornelius
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+- ...gatech!usfvax2!jc3b21!rac -+rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) (09/12/88)
In article <461@jc3b21.UUCP> rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) writes: >Does anyone know if it's possible to address the second dos >partition of the hard drive using the dos utilities? i.e. dosls, dosdir, >dosrm, doscat, etc. The device files /dev/hd01, /dev/hd02, /dev/hd03, and /dev/hd04 can be used to access the four absolute partitions on your first hard disk. There are also /dev/hd11, /dev/hd12, etc. for the second hard disk as well. See the hd(HW) manual entry for a description of all the device files available to access the disks. Ross Oliver Technical Support The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. uunet!sco!rosso
rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) (09/14/88)
In article <859@viscous>, rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) writes: < In article <461@jc3b21.UUCP> rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) writes: < >Does anyone know if it's possible to address the second dos < >partition of the hard drive using the dos utilities? i.e. dosls, dosdir, < >dosrm, doscat, etc. < < The device files /dev/hd01, /dev/hd02, /dev/hd03, and /dev/hd04 can < be used to access the four absolute partitions on your first hard < disk. There are also /dev/hd11, /dev/hd12, etc. for the second hard < disk as well. See the hd(HW) manual entry for a description of all < the device files available to access the disks. I just tried this after reading your response, and I can read the files on the first dos partition with "dosdir /dev/hd01", but "dosdir /dev/hd02" returns "dosdir: FAT not recognizable on /dev/hd02". All the other devices (/dev/hd0[034a]) return "dosdir: bad media byte on /dev/hd0[034a]". I used SpeedStor to do the partitioning. Could that be the problem? Needless to say, I can access both partitions fine when running under dos. Only one hard drive is installed in my system. Thanks again, Roger Cornelius -- +---------- Roger Cornelius -----------+ | (813)347-4399 | | ...gatech!codas!usfvax2!jc3b21!rac | +- ...gatech!usfvax2!jc3b21!rac -+
jbayer@ispi.UUCP (id for use with uunet/usenet) (09/15/88)
In article <463@jc3b21.UUCP>, rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) writes: . In article <859@viscous>, rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) writes: . < In article <461@jc3b21.UUCP> rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) writes: . < >Does anyone know if it's possible to address the second dos . < >partition of the hard drive using the dos utilities? i.e. dosls, dosdir, . < >dosrm, doscat, etc. . < . < The device files /dev/hd01, /dev/hd02, /dev/hd03, and /dev/hd04 can . < be used to access the four absolute partitions on your first hard . . I just tried this after reading your response, and I can read the files . on the first dos partition with "dosdir /dev/hd01", but "dosdir /dev/hd02" . returns "dosdir: FAT not recognizable on /dev/hd02". All the other devices . (/dev/hd0[034a]) return "dosdir: bad media byte on /dev/hd0[034a]". I used . SpeedStor to do the partitioning. Could that be the problem? Needless to ^^^^^^^^^ Xenix only knows about standard dos partitions. Speedstor does funny things in order to do its thing, therefore Xenix cannot read the Speedstor partitions Jonathan Bayer
rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) (09/17/88)
From article <183@ispi.UUCP>, by jbayer@ispi.UUCP (id for use with uunet/usenet): < In article <463@jc3b21.UUCP>, rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) writes: < . In article <859@viscous>, rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) writes: < . < In article <461@jc3b21.UUCP> rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius) writes: < . < >Does anyone know if it's possible to address the second dos < . < >partition of the hard drive using the dos utilities? i.e. dosls, dosdir, < . < >dosrm, doscat, etc. < . < < . < The device files /dev/hd01, /dev/hd02, /dev/hd03, and /dev/hd04 can < . < be used to access the four absolute partitions on your first hard < . < . I just tried this after reading your response, and I can read the files < . on the first dos partition with "dosdir /dev/hd01", but "dosdir /dev/hd02" < . returns "dosdir: FAT not recognizable on /dev/hd02". All the other devices < . (/dev/hd0[034a]) return "dosdir: bad media byte on /dev/hd0[034a]". I used < . SpeedStor to do the partitioning. Could that be the problem? Needless to < ^^^^^^^^^ < Xenix only knows about standard dos partitions. Speedstor does funny things < in order to do its thing, therefore Xenix cannot read the Speedstor partitions After playing around with Speedstor's "parted" partition editor, I discovered the problem. I had two dos partitions (a 2 meg boot partition, and a 57 meg "Extended dos" partition). After I re-partitioned with two "Compatible dos" (32 meg or less) partitions, I can read both fine from xenix. Roger Cornelius -- +---------- Roger Cornelius -----------+ | (813)347-4399 | | ...gatech!codas!usfvax2!jc3b21!rac | +- ...gatech!usfvax2!jc3b21!rac -+