bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion) (09/24/90)
I just put up ESIX V.3.2 Rev D on a '386 25mHz machine, with an AMI
bios about 4 to 5 weeks ago.
I can't seem to format a 3.5" disk in either 720k or 1.4meg format
and write/read it.
The 3.5 works under DOS and will format/write/read 1.4megs.
I have a 5.25 disk, and I have not problems at all, and can read
tar disks generated by SCO Xenix 2.3.2. At first I assumed that
the inability to read the Xenix tar formatted 3.5" disks was a
Xenix problem.
I then tried virtually all permutations of the 3.5" devices in the
manual, and also the device names in the /dev directory that are in
the Xenix file name format and linked to appropriate names in the
/dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk directories.
The 3.5" unit is a Teac, and is jumpered so that the drive
determines the density. There are options that will permit the
density to be selected by software. Is this the problem?
The controller is a hard/floppy controller, a WD1007V-SE2, driving
a Maxtor 8760E, a 5.25" floppy, and the 3.5" floppy.
What am I missing. Jumpers. Software config in ESIX.
As I said it works fine if I boot DOS, and when I tell it to format
under Unix, it appears to format, the light goes on, the screen
tells me I have formatted x number of tracks, but I can not tar to
the device.
I give the command, the light comes on, it tries, and then I get a
message that starts
a <filename> # tape block
The drive tries, then the message
tar: tape write error
Any ideas?
bill
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