ryan@amc-vlsi.UUCP (Ryan Jorgenson) (02/07/90)
Can somebody clue me in on how to format a SyQuest 44MB removable for use under A/UX? When I try dp(1), all I get is: Disk write c3d0s31 Error: More data than SCSI device request ed generic disk c3d0s31 Retry limit: Logical block 0, physical block 0 I seem to recall somebody posting a note about this, but I couldn't get to the fix, since I don't have anon ftp capability. Could somebody clue me in to how to fix this? --Thanks Ryan
jamespa@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU (James Paul) (02/09/90)
In article <863@amc-vlsi.UUCP> ryan@amc-vlsi.UUCP (Ryan Jorgenson) writes: > >Can somebody clue me in on how to format a SyQuest 44MB >removable for use under A/UX? When I try dp(1), all I get is: >Disk write c3d0s31 Error: More data than SCSI device request >ed >generic disk c3d0s31 Retry limit: Logical block 0, physical >block 0 > Ryan- I've used Silver Lining 5.16 to format Syquest cartridges for A/UX. I think it is provided with Cirrus brand Syquest drives, but it is available as a separate product. It can format a variety of drives, and includes some other functions. I've heard that Microtech provides a formatter for A/UX with their Syquest drives, but I've never seen it. BTW, Silver lining supports the different types of A/UX formatting as well. Good luck. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP:jamespa@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU Compuserve:72767,3436 GEnie:J.PAUL Packet:N6SIW@K6RAU AppleLink:D1231 America Online:JLPaul
louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca (Louis Demers) (02/10/90)
In article <863@amc-vlsi.UUCP> ryan@amc-vlsi.UUCP (Ryan Jorgenson) writes: > >Can somebody clue me in on how to format a SyQuest 44MB >removable for use under A/UX? When I try dp(1), all I get is: >Disk write c3d0s31 Error: More data than SCSI device request >ed >generic disk c3d0s31 Retry limit: Logical block 0, physical >block 0 > A piece of software (written by Tony Cooper) called scsiFixErrorPage (from memory ;-) is available on info-mac (sumex) which corrects that problem. jamespa@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU (James Paul) writes: >I've used Silver Lining 5.16 to format Syquest cartridges for A/UX. When you use your Syquest under A/UX, do you get "retry error messages" ? >BTW, Silver lining supports the different types of A/UX formatting as well. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Can you explain ? Do you mean different partition setups ? Thanks, Louis -- | Louis Demers | DREV, Defence Research Establishment,Valcartier | | louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca | POBox 8800, Courcelette,Quebec, CANADA, G0A 1R0 | | (131.132.48.2) | Office: (418) 844-4424 fax (418) 844-4511 | +---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
jamespa@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU (James Paul) (02/13/90)
In article <1990Feb10.145703.29208@asterix.drev.dnd.ca> louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca (Louis Demers) writes: >When you use your Syquest under A/UX, do you get "retry error messages" ? > Thanks, >Louis >-- >| Louis Demers | DREV, Defence Research Establishment,Valcartier | >| louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca | POBox 8800, Courcelette,Quebec, CANADA, G0A 1R0 | >| (131.132.48.2) | Office: (418) 844-4424 fax (418) 844-4511 | >+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ Not that I remember. I had no trouble copying to the cartidges, though. Perhaps I was lucky. I wish I could stick them in and find out, but I'm one of the people waiting for A/UX 1.1.1 (or whatever they number it) so I can run it on my SE/30, which is now my only machine. So perhaps I was in error. Silver Lining worked for _me_. Once. :-) And yes, I did mean that it supported different types of AU/X partitioning. The word escaped me when I posted. James -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP:jamespa@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU Compuserve:72767,3436 GEnie:J.PAUL Packet:N6SIW@K6RAU AppleLink:D1231 America Online:JLPaul
howards@pinball.wpd.sgi.com (Howard Simonson) (02/26/90)
I'm happy to report total sucess so far with the "Fix-Error-Page" procedure. I've been able to run dp on my Syquest carts and set them up as A/UX filesystems. Fairly good notes come with the Fix-Error-Page program, which talks a bit about how to make an A/UX bootable backup cartridge. There are just a few points that I'm not sure about and the notes don't explicitly cover. Maybe someone on the net can enlighten me. Using the standard Apple Quantum as a guide, there are some 9 partitions. I gather the first block of the disk is the boot block and simply is never defined in the SCSI partition map. If I expect to make a MacOS bootable, SASH partition on the HardCart I'll need the boot block written, right? And this will just occur as normal when I get around to writing the System/Finder onto the SASH partition under MacOS, right? Now there is this partition called the "Apple_Partition_Map" right at blocks 1-64. How does this thing relate? What does it do? My guess is its a possible throwback to the days before everyone was doing true SCSI partitioning. Is this a must have for the MacOS boot phase? If not, what goes at block 1+.... If this is a must have (like maybe MacOS can't find the SASH partition without it?) what's the format, how do I load it? I would guess a straight copy of the 80meg version wouldn't fly for a ~40meg HardCart. Thankfully, the rest of the business (i.e. creating FS/swap partitions) is fairly straightforward. BTW, does anyone have a stock dp(1m) script that inits and build all the partitions necessary for a bootable hardCart. That would be a real time saver and I'm sure you'd get a lot of net thanks. Otherwise, if and when I figure all this out and get it working, I'll try to post one. Many thanks in advance for help with this stuff. And a few thanks in return for the pointers to fix-error-page, at least I'm backing up now! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ancient Proverb: A person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches is never sure. Modern Translation: They build clocks into every piece of consumer electronics just to keep us totally confused. howards@ssd.sgi.com [ The disclaimer for this message may be found in a previous article ]