rcw@qetzal.UUCP (Robert C. White) (04/16/88)
Well, thanks to John Plocher I managed to solve my problem accessing drive E. Part of the problem is that the dos partition must be installed using the DOS fdisk command, not the microport fdisk command. 0. Save all files from both dos/unix partitions. Remember to save your tape retrieval software on a separate floppy if applicable. 1. Unmount the /dev/dsk/1s2 filesystem 2. Use uport fdisk to delete both the sysv and dos partitions and then to recreate the original system 5 partition. Save the changes when it asks you, the machine will reboot. 3. Boot raw dos using a floppy. 4. Using dos fdisk, create a dos partition. The number of cylinders will automatically be filled in for you. (Be sure to "proceed to drive 2". Dos will not allow you to destroy disk 1 by accident (good thing ;-)) WARNING: It's drive 0 and drive 1 from uport's point of view, and drive 1 and drive 2 from DOS's point of view. 5. Format C: from the floppy. 6. Reload Dos files and software from tape or floppy. 7. Reboot microport, and use mkfs /dev/dsk/1s2 xxx:yyy if necessary. Note that this procedure did not destroy the unix file system, so try mounting it first. 8. Log in as root, and use the command "ln /dev/dsk/1s4 /dev/dsk/dos". 9. Now you should be able to access drive E: Now you can access drive E in the normal fashion. Simple, wasn't it ;^). -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ US SNAIL: 11534 Steele St, Thornton, CO. } Robert White { MA BELL : (303) 252-9090 } ihnp4!upba!qetzal!rcw { HORSE : Jct Platte River & Cherry Creek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~