matthews@is-next.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) (04/19/91)
Damn. I recently posted having problems getting a Fujitsu 2263 booting after a format with Rory Bolt's formatter program and a BuildDisk on NeXTStep 2.1. The problem was it didn't have a recognizable blk0 boot block (unknown binary format or something like that). It wasn't the Fujitsu 2263. It's doing the same damn thing on my 2261. Has ANYONE successfully done a BuildDisk after upgrading to NeXTStep 2.1? And, how the HELL can I fix this problem? Now I have it set so I can boot off my internal drive (must still have a boot block there, and I booted from floppy <if anyone hasn't gotten that program from the archives, DO SO, it'll save your life>, mounted the drives, copied sdmach from the external to the internal, and told it to boot of sd(1,0,0) -- it finds sdmach and goes on booting off the external after that), but that's an ugly hack and I get some funny errors. Speaking of errors, I get panics frequently now when I try to shut down, and it just as frequently fails to unmount the root partition. Just what the h*ll is happening to my system, anyway? ------ Mike Matthews, matthews@is-next.umd.edu/matthews@umdd (bitnet). ------ Insert a stupid quote of your choice...
abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell) (04/19/91)
In article <8446@umd5.umd.edu> matthews@is-next.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) writes: >Damn. > >The problem was it didn't have a recognizable blk0 boot block (unknown binary >format or something like that). Have you tried using /etc/disk to write the boot block? % su # /etc/disk -b /dev/*
waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu (04/20/91)
In article <8446@umd5.umd.edu>, matthews@is-next.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) writes: > Damn. > > I recently posted having problems getting a Fujitsu 2263 booting after a > format with Rory Bolt's formatter program and a BuildDisk on NeXTStep 2.1. > The problem was it didn't have a recognizable blk0 boot block (unknown binary > format or something like that). > > It wasn't the Fujitsu 2263. It's doing the same damn thing on my 2261. > Was Rory Bolt's formatter program also run first on the 2261? > Has ANYONE successfully done a BuildDisk after upgrading to NeXTStep 2.1? > [...bunch of scary stuff which I wish I could help with but can't omitted...] c.f.waltrip Internet: <waltrip@capsrv.jhuapl.edu> Opinions expressed are my own.