danp@gaboon.UUCP (Dan Peknik) (11/27/90)
Does anyone happen to know of the Disktab entry for a CDC
WREN 4 SCSI hard disk on the NeXt? I had the thing formatted a
while ago, but need to pass on the information. Any help appreciated!
Also, if anyone is using the Telebit t-2500 on the cube, and has
dial-in capability enabled, the new 7.00 roms feature call-back
and password protection (in addition to v.42 and v.42bis.) I've
had them installed for a week now, and have increased CPS, and
feel much better about system breaches .... All for about $90.00!
They will send a kit out for user installation. I think the
number is 1-800-TELEBIT, and the lady I spoke with was Sally in
upgrades.
Thanks tons-
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------bostrov@storm.UUCP (Vareck Bostrom) (11/29/90)
In article <7188@gaboon.UUCP> danp@gaboon.UUCP (Dan Peknik) writes: > > Does anyone happen to know of the Disktab entry for a CDC > WREN 4 SCSI hard disk on the NeXt? I had the thing formatted a > while ago, but need to pass on the information. Any help appreciated! ok, all you have to do is plug the disk into your scsi port and then % /usr/etc/scsimodes /dev/rsd1a (or whatever your scsi drive is connected to. If you have an internal disk, the first external should be /dev/rsd1a, if you don't have an internal, it should be /dev/rsd0a). This will spit out the info you need to make a disk tab: SCSI information for /dev/rsd0a Drive type: MAXTOR XT-8760S 1024 bytes per sector 28 sectors per track 15 tracks per cylinder 1632 cylinder per volume 4 spare sectors per cylinder 45 alternate tracks per volume 676415 useable sectors on volume ...and soforth. (I don't have a WREN so I can't give you it's info... but it should be easy enough to figure out.) - Vareck bostrov@mist.cs.orst.edu
gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) (11/29/90)
Ok. I have a Wren 4 that I picked up. I'll be getting my NeXT cube shortly, (hopefully :). Now, the model I'm getting is a cube, with a 40 meg for paging, and the magneto-optical drive. What /dev devices are these? Is there going to be space for me to stick my Wren inside the case (it's a 5.25" full height drive)? What kind of cabling am I going to need? What needs to be terminated? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ralph Ralph Seguin gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu 536 South Forest Apt. #915 gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 662-4805
garnett@cs.utexas.edu (John William Garnett) (11/30/90)
In article <657@storm.UUCP> bostrov@storm.UUCP (Vareck Bostrom) writes: >In article <7188@gaboon.UUCP> danp@gaboon.UUCP (Dan Peknik) writes: >> Does anyone happen to know of the Disktab entry for a CDC [stuff deleted] >ok, all you have to do is plug the disk into your scsi port and then [stuff deleted] >% /usr/etc/scsimodes /dev/rsd1a (or whatever your scsi drive is [stuff deleted] >be /dev/rsd0a). This will spit out the info you need to make a >disk tab: > SCSI information for /dev/rsd0a > Drive type: MAXTOR XT-8760S > 1024 bytes per sector [stuff deleted] Okay, given all this, I propose that someone who knows all about making disktabs (and who can program of course) write a filter which takes the output of /usr/etc/scsimodes and creates a corresponding disktab. something like: /usr/etc/scsimodes /dev/rsd1a | mkdisktab > disktab.rsd1a -- John Garnett University of Texas at Austin garnett@cs.utexas.edu Department of Computer Science Austin, Texas