shani@TAURUS.BITNET (02/27/91)
Hi, Could anyone help me with mounting a SyQuest 40MB removable disk under A/UX ? The disk is formatted for Mac/OS (with the MacOS standard formatter) and when A/UX boots, it says: generic disk c1d0s30 Retry limit: Logical block 0, physical block 0 Disk write c1d0s30 Error: More data than SCSI device requested and doesn't mount the disk. ? HELP ??? Thanks in advance, O.S.
ryan@amc-vlsi.UUCP (Ryan Jorgenson) (03/01/91)
In article <2399@taurus.BITNET> <shani%math.tau.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: ... >Could anyone help me with mounting a SyQuest 40MB removable disk under A/UX ? >The disk is formatted for Mac/OS (with the MacOS standard formatter) and >when A/UX boots, it says: [specific error messages deleted] >and doesn't mount the disk. ... This sounds like another case of the standard problem with SyQuests and A/UX-- You need a copy of Tony Cooper's scsi-fix-error-page utility which is available in the info-mac archives. If you can't get it yourself (its under: info-mac/util/scsi-fix-error-page.hqx ) let me know and I'll mail you a copy. --Ryan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ryan@amcvlsi.uucp | Ryan Jorgenson amcvlsi!ryan@cpsc.ucalgary.ca | The Alberta Microelectronic Centre Phone: +1 403 289 2043 | Calgary, Alberta Canada
domo@tsa.co.uk (Dominic Dunlop) (03/10/91)
In article <12385@goofy.Apple.COM> rick@apple.COM () writes: > > In article <2399@taurus.BITNET> <shani%math.tau.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: > >Could anyone help me with mounting a SyQuest 40MB removable disk under A/UX ? > >when A/UX boots, it says: > >generic disk c1d0s30 Retry limit: Logical block 0, physical block 0 > >Disk write c1d0s30 Error: More data than SCSI device requested > > The error you see is due to a bug in 2.0 (fixed in 2.0.1) wherein > the disk driver issues a "mode-select" command to the Syquest in order > to set the error-recovery parameters. > > It is possible to set these error-recovery bits permanently by use > of one of the multitude of Mac disk utilities out there. > > Now for the technical details: > > Find a utility that will do the mode-select "permanent" for you, > and set the byte accordingly. What Rick omits to mention is that there is a program which claims to do just that on Apple's own support system, aux.support.apple.com. It's in a uuencoded compressed tar file by the name of /usr/spool/ftp/aux.patches/unsupported/fix_error.uu. Snarf it, unencode and unarchive it, and you'll get a Mac application called Fix Error Page and a TeachText README file. For those with ftp, the internet address of the system is 130.43.6.2; for those without, call +1 408 559 3066 and login as aux. (Twice. You'll see what I mean.) For anybody, the system is S L O W , but a whole lot better than nothing. By the way, I haven't tried the thing. I thought it might be a fix for uux... > -- > Rick Auricchio rick@apple.COM Mooney N894AR (408) 974-4227 > Apple Computer Inc, A/UX Engineering,10300 Bubb Rd, MS 50-UX Cupertino CA 95014 > Work is for people who don't know how to fly. > My opinion is my own. My employer? They use a windsock and a fire extinguisher. -- Dominic Dunlop