randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (11/30/89)
I just switched from AT&T UNIX 3.2.1 on Chinet to i386 2.0.2. Now, my 3.5 inch drives don't work at 1.44 megs (f03ht). They work ok at 720k. I can format them at 1.44 megs under i386, but they can't be read. I tried copying the pack.d/fd/Driver.o from the AT&T UNIX to see if that would fix it, but no luck. The strange thing is that Interactive ships 2.0.2 on 1.44 meg disks. This happens on all 386 machines at work, with various shipments of 2.0.2. Any ideas?? -randy -- Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us
randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (11/30/89)
In article <1989Nov29.174308.2169@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes:
]
] I just switched from AT&T UNIX 3.2.1 on Chinet to i386
] 2.0.2. Now, my 3.5 inch drives don't work at 1.44 megs
] (f03ht).
] I tried
] copying the pack.d/fd/Driver.o from the AT&T UNIX to
] see if that would fix it, but no luck.
Oops. I lied. Seems I got the wrong driver installed. Just
did it again, and the Driver.o out of AT&T UNIX fixes the
problem. pack.d/fd/Driver.o in AT&T UNIX is almost twice
as big as the one in i386.
-randy
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Randy Suess
randy@chinet.chi.il.usizen@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Steven H. Izen) (11/30/89)
In article <1989Nov29.174308.2169@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: > I just switched from AT&T UNIX 3.2.1 on Chinet to i386 > 2.0.2. Now, my 3.5 inch drives don't work at 1.44 megs > (f03ht). They work ok at 720k. I can format them > at 1.44 megs under i386, but they can't be read. I tried > Any ideas?? Yeah, I tried using f13ht when I installed my second floppy drive, and had no luck. Then I discovered pg 104 of the 386/ix opserating sytem guide: f1q18dt - minor number 81 1.44 MB,entire 3.5 disk f1q18d - minor number 85 1.44 MB,omit boot track. subtract one from the above minor numbers to use as drive 0. Of course, if the special device files don't exist you'll have to use mknod to create them in both /dev/rdsk and /dev/dsk as char and block devices respectively. Now here's a question for the netlanders: I'm thinking of swapping my two drives, to make the 1.44 meg (in dos language) a:, and my 1.2 meg drive b:. Does anyone know how I can create a bootable 1.44 meg 386/ix floppy from my 1.2 meg distibution floppy? I tried dd unsuccessfully, but I could have specified some parameters incorrectly. -- Steve Izen: {sun,uunet}!cwjcc!skybridge!izen386!steve / Quote corner: or steve%izen386.uucp@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu / or izen@cwru.cwru.edu /-------------------------/ My second bike is a car. | The problem is that I *was* paying attention.
erc@khijol.UUCP (Edwin R. Carp) (12/01/89)
In article <1989Nov29.174308.2169@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: > > 2.0.2. Now, my 3.5 inch drives don't work at 1.44 megs Try running your machine at either NORMAL or SLOW speed. Also, if that doesn't work, try turning all of your shadowing OFF. I have had the same problem with my 386SX, as well as several different mfgrs 286 and 386 boxes. It seems that the faster you go, the more diskette drives won't work. Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: 1.44 drives on i386 Summary: Expires: References: <1989Nov29.174308.2169@chinet.chi.il.us> Sender: Reply-To: erc@khijol.UUCP (Edwin R. Carp) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Deadly Force, Inc., aka Clint Eastwood School of Diplomacy Keywords: In article <1989Nov29.174308.2169@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: > > 2.0.2. Now, my 3.5 inch drives don't work at 1.44 megs Try running your machine at either NORMAL or SLOW speed. Also, if that doesn't work, try turning all of your shadowing OFF. I have had the same problem with my 386SX, as well as several different mfgrs 286 and 386 boxes. It seems that the faster you go, the more diskette drives won't work. ----------------------------------- cut here ----------------------------------- Ed Carp N7EKG/5 (28.3-28.5) erc@khijol Austin, Tx; (home) (512) 445-2044 Snail Mail: 1800 E. Stassney #1205 Austin, Tx 78744
pcg@aber-cs.UUCP (Piercarlo Grandi) (12/02/89)
In article <4007@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> izen@cwru.cwru.edu (Steven H. Izen) writes:
Now here's a question for the netlanders:
I'm thinking of swapping my two drives, to make the 1.44 meg (in dos language)
a:, and my 1.2 meg drive b:. Does anyone know how I can create a bootable
1.44 meg 386/ix floppy from my 1.2 meg distibution floppy? I tried dd
unsuccessfully, but I could have specified some parameters incorrectly.
This also works for Microport, ESIX, etc...:
Just copy the first track, and then copy the rest. Under esix, copy the
first track using /dev/rdsk/f[01]t, and then copy the rest using
/dev/rdsk/f[01].
Or just copy all the disc but the 1st track using /dev/dsk/f[01], and then
install the boot /etc/fboot on the 1st track using /dev/dsk/f1t.
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Dept of CS, UCW Aberystwyth | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!aber-cs!pcg
Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK | INET: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uklee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) (12/06/89)
I am posting this because it's a useful thing to do, and not everyone thinks of it... Steven H. Izen (izen@cwru.cwru.edu) wrote: >I'm thinking of swapping my two drives, to make the 1.44 meg (in dos language) >a:, and my 1.2 meg drive b:. Does anyone know how I can create a bootable >1.44 meg 386/ix floppy from my 1.2 meg distibution floppy? I tried dd >unsuccessfully, but I could have specified some parameters incorrectly. Yes. If you want to use dd, you can, but you have to use the "dt" devices in order to copy the boot track. The most useful thing to do though -- and the reason for posting this -- is to mount your bootable "install" floppy, and use dd to make an image copy so you can make new ones (the same size) later, but *also* to use mkdir /floppy # to keep the stuff -- change as appropriate dd if=/dev/rdsk/f0q15dt of=/floppy/IMAGEf0q15dt # or whatever mount /dev/dsk/f0q15d /mnt # mount it as /mnt cd /mnt # whir whir clank find . -print | cpio -pdlmv /floppy/files cd /floppy/files umount /dev/rdsk/f0q15d # or whatever -- "/mnt" might be OK Now you can look at the files that were on the boot floppy in the comfort of your own winchester :-)... In particular, INSTALL and INSTALL2 show how the hard disk is made bootable using dd from the boot track, and copying the necessary /etc/default files, etc., into place. You can also shave a few blocks off these scripts, which will mean that you can then install Unix a few more times before they becomre unuseable (or is that fixed in 2.0.2? I haven't checked). And of course, you can make a bootable disk with different programs on it... Lee -- Liam R. Quin, Unixsys (UK) Ltd [note: not an employee of "sq" - a visitor!] lee@sq.com (Whilst visiting Canada from England, until Christmas) ...striving to promote the interproduction of epimorphistic conformability
pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) (12/09/89)
pcg@aber-cs.UUCP (Piercarlo Grandi) writes: >In article <4007@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> izen@cwru.cwru.edu (Steven H. Izen) writes: > > Now here's a question for the netlanders: > > I'm thinking of swapping my two drives, to make the 1.44 meg (in dos language) > a:, and my 1.2 meg drive b:. Does anyone know how I can create a bootable > 1.44 meg 386/ix floppy from my 1.2 meg distibution floppy? I tried dd > unsuccessfully, but I could have specified some parameters incorrectly. >This also works for Microport, ESIX, etc...: [ formula how to do this deleted ] OK, and now the other way around. I have a 1.44 MB boot floppy and want to produce a 1.2 MB boot floppy. I imagined this would work on a system with a 1.2 MB boot drive and a secondary 1.44 MB drive: format /dev/rdsk/f0q15dt dd if=/etc/fboot of=/dev/dsk/f0q15dt mkfs /dev/dsk/f0q15d 2370:144 1 32 labelit /dev/dsk/f0q15d instal flop mkdir /a /b mount /dev/dsk/f0q15d /a mount -r /dev/dsk/f1q18d /b cd /b find . -print | cpio -pdmuav /a This boot diskette will boot, display copyright messages, but then complains with: FD drv 0, blk 1581: Sector not found NOTICE: page read error on floppy disk 0, partition 2 So, what went wrong? -- Pim Zandbergen domain : pim@cti-software.nl CTI Software BV uucp : uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ctisbv!pim Laan Copes van Cattenburch 70 phone : +31 70 3542302 2585 GD The Hague, The Netherlands fax : +31 70 3512837