sysmark@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca (Mark Bartelt) (05/28/91)
In article <1991May27.192352.24630@garfield.cs.mun.ca> harold@odie.cs.mun.ca (Harold Wareham(Todd)) asked: | We are having problems with an EXABYTE-8200 hooked up to an SGI-4D/360 | running SGI UNIX version 3.3.1. Specifically, we cannot read or write | an EXABYTE tape using the command DD; however, we can create and read | tapes using the command TAR. [ ... ] I've sent him a (helpful, I hope!) reply. However ... This sort of question seems to pop up every couple of months, which leads me to think that it's about time for an SGI/IRIX FAQ compendium. I might consider volunteering to put one together, if people would be willing to (1) send me suggestions on what ought to be included, and (2) send examples of what they consider the "best" answers which people have posted. On second thought, I think I'd need at least one co-volunteer, since I don't really feel competent to handle the graphics questions. I'll deal with the remainder (i.e. the UNIXoid stuff). Note that we'd also need a few volunteers to serve as reviewers, to be sure that the "official" answers to FAQs don't have some stupid misinformation in them. Does anyone else think that this is worth doing? Mark Bartelt 416/978-5619 Canadian Institute for mark@cita.toronto.edu Theoretical Astrophysics mark@cita.utoronto.ca
Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (05/28/91)
I am all for a sgi FAQ list. Who wants to volunteer to keep the various catagories current ? | karron@nyu.edu (e-mail alias ) Dan Karron, Research Associate | | Phone: 212 263 5210 Fax: 212 263 7190 New York University Medical Center | | 560 First Avenue Digital Pager <1> (212) 397 9330 | | New York, New York 10016 <2> 10896 <3> <your-number-here> |