[comp.unix.aux] Rodime RX450 compatibility with A/UX

ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) (09/16/89)

    I need to put an A/UX partition on a Rodime RX450 external drive
    that has been formatted using Rodime's own driver utility,
    version 2.03. I've been thinking of having a 10MB A/UX partition
    coexist with a 35MB MacOS one.  Is  Rodime formatting software
    compatible with A/UX?
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pst@anise.acc.com (Paul Traina) (09/16/89)

ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes:
>    version 2.03. ...  Is  Rodime formatting software
>    compatible with A/UX?

2.03 claims to be capable of creating A/UX partitions, but it does it wrong.
Feel free to use their software to make the MacOS and A/UX partitions,  but
then you will have to boot A/UX and use the dp(1) program to fix the
	Logical Parition Size
field in the A/UX partition created by the rodime software.  They set it to
zero, it should be the same size as the
	Physical Partition Size
field.

However, if I were you,  I'd toss the partitioning software for the damned
thing,  just do the low level format,  and then use dp(1) to create the
paritions themselves.  About 8 months ago I posted detailed instructions
and some software that allows you to manipulate dpm entries and block zero
of the hard disk.  I don't have what I wrote anymore,  but perhaps someone
on the Newbury mailing list or an old comp.unix.aux reader might have it.
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ksand@appleoz.oz.au (Kent Sandvik) (09/20/89)

ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes in article <1677@draken.nada.kth.se>:
      
          I need to put an A/UX partition on a Rodime RX450 external drive
          that has been formatted using Rodime's own driver utility,
          version 2.03. I've been thinking of having a 10MB A/UX partition
          coexist with a 35MB MacOS one.  Is  Rodime formatting software
          compatible with A/UX?

Ask you nearest friendly Apple tech support site for an AppleLink document
that describes how to partition Rodime drives for A/UX.
(for Ian, fr{ga efter hos Lindhberg Apple Sverige -- that was swedish).


Kent  

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