system@asuvax.asu.edu (Marc Lesure) (12/31/88)
I've just finished installing 4.3bsd-tahoe on our Harris HCX-7 and have run into the following problem. When I try to boot the system from the smd disk, I get a "VDC geoblk error bad id" message from the CP when I do a "fd dsk(0,0)" or a "fr dsk(0,0)boot". I can boot from the distribution tape and after cyp(0,0)boot executes, it reads vmunix from disk. I've tried reformatting the disk using the 4.3 format utility and the Harris format utility and still get the error. If I use the Harris format, the CP does not complain about the geoblock until after I dump the root partition on the disk, 4.3 seems to rewrite that block. My question is how can I get my CP to understand the format of the 4.3 geometric block? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Lesure / Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ "Between the world of men and make-believe, I can be found..." "False faces and meaningless chases, I travel alone..." "And where do you go when you come to the end of your dream?" UUCP: ...!ncar!noao!asuvax!lesure Internet/CSNET/ARPA: lesure@asuvax.asu.edu