david_r_watters@pansy.cis.ohio-state.edu (04/11/90)
I have a hard drive that I was using with my A2090A. It had a small old-file partition, and a large fast-file partition. The old-file part. auto mounted, and the fast-file had to be mounted in the s-s. How can I mount the fast-file partition that has data I need and was last used on the A2090A, with my new A2091? It does not auto-mount. I have the old mountlist entry but don't know what to put for Device = ? Thanks. watters@cis.ohio-state.edu
stan@teroach.UUCP (Stan Fisher) (04/11/90)
In article <79106@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <watters@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: >I have a hard drive that I was using with my A2090A. It had a small >old-file partition, and a large fast-file partition. The old-file >part. auto mounted, and the fast-file had to be mounted in the s-s. > >How can I mount the fast-file partition that has data I need and was >last used on the A2090A, with my new A2091? > >It does not auto-mount. I have the old mountlist entry but don't >know what to put for Device = ? First you should print out the mountlist information that was used by the 2090(A) on the drive for later reference. Then attach the drive/2091 to the system and fire up the 2091 install diskette. After you've gotten the appropriate drive entry setup for the drive, either by selecting one of the default supported drives or by having the software read the drives parameters and add it to it's list (refer to the 2091 manual) do the following: Go into the partition menu and select advance options. Click on the delete partition gadget to eliminate the default partition parameters (splits the drive in half). Enter the partition information by hand into the advanced options fields for the first partition (slow file system in your case) and select slow file system for this partitions file system option. Then click the add partition gadget and enter the FFS mountlist info into the advanced options fields (second partition). Make sure that both these patitions are absolutely accurate compared to the orig. 2090 mountlist and prep info you used to originally setup the drive before. You should be able to click the graphic partition bar to two areas that represent the two definitions you made and see the advanced options partition information change back and forth to these parameters. Now select autoboot ON for the FFS partition and OFF for the SFS partition and go back to the main menu. Select SAVE partition information and that will rewrite the reserved cylinders with the hard blocks information to allow the 2091 to automount all partitions and boot the desired FFS partition. This was a rather quick overview of the process which is outlined in the 2091 manual. Stan Fisher - stan@teroach.phx.mcd.mot.com - asuvax!mcdphx!teroach!stan Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Arizona - Voice (602) 438-3228 Call our User Group BBS "M.E.C.C.A." running Atredes 1.1 @ (602) 893-0804