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? -- ---- You just survived another load of gross exaggerations from ------- Ian Feldman, the ASCII hacker / "I work to live, not the ---------- ianf@nada.kth.se / ianf@sekth.bitnet / other way around" ------------- ianf%nada.kth.se@uunet.uu.net / uunet!nada.kth.se!ianf
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. -- "I just forgot about how Americans are. They're always grinning. You can always spot Americans here. They're the ones with this big sh*t-eating grin on their faces!" [ the difference between Swedes and Yanks as observed by David Walden's friend as reported in soc.culture.nordic ]
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 -- KenT Sandvik -- ksand@appleoz.oz.AU {uunet,mcvax}!munnari!appleoz.oz!ksand AppleLink: AUSTAUX