jeffs@bcs800.UUCP (Jeff Smith) (04/16/91)
has anyone out there successfully installed vpix on a xenix (or unix) machine? I have installed sco vpix 1.2 on xenix 2.3.3 386 and cannot seem to get it to access either the first floppy drive (so I can't install any software) or the first (primary) dos partition on the second physical harddisk. under xenix, the floppy works as /dev/rfd096ds15; a standard 1.2 M 5 1/4. the second hard drive is /dev/rdsk/1s0. I've tried everything but the correct answer in vpix.cnf, but even when a: is set to rfd096ds15, which works in xenix, vpix doesn't even TRY to access the drive before a drive not ready error. Has anyone got this to work? thanks in advance! jeffs -- Jeff Smith | #include <stdDisclaimer.h> Brock Control Systems | uucp: ...!gatech!emory!bcs800!jeffs | internet: jeffs%bcs800.uucp@mathcs.emory.edu tel: +404 431 1200 | -All my life I said I wanted to be someone... | -now I can see I should have been more specific.
bhepple@Asia.Sun.Com (Bob Hepple - Sun Asia Mktg) (04/23/91)
In article <1208@bcs800.UUCP>, jeffs@bcs800 (Jeff Smith) writes: >has anyone out there successfully installed vpix on a xenix (or unix) >machine? I have installed sco vpix 1.2 on xenix 2.3.3 386 and >cannot seem to get it to access either the first floppy drive (so I >can't install any software) or the first (primary) dos partition on >the second physical harddisk. under xenix, the floppy works as >/dev/rfd096ds15; a standard 1.2 M 5 1/4. the second hard drive >is /dev/rdsk/1s0. I've tried everything but the correct answer in >vpix.cnf, but even when a: is set to rfd096ds15, which works in >xenix, vpix doesn't even TRY to access the drive before a drive >not ready error. > >Has anyone got this to work? Yes - but I used an earlier version of vpix. To get the floppies to work, I recall that I had to chmod +w them. And I used /dev/hd00 as my DOS partition. I had to chmod that too. I had problems with floppy B: (a 3 1/2" drive) but they went away when I upgraded the 2.3.0 system to 2.3.3 with SLS xnx155. Now, if I could only get the mouse to work ... Hope this helps, Bob Hepple Business Development Manager-Solutions Sun Microsystems Inc Asia Headquarters 29/F Shui On Centre 8 Harbour Rd Hong Kong ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Bob Hepple | _____ _ _ _ _ |voice: (852) 865-1688 | | Sun Microsystems, Inc.| /____ / / /\ / | fax: (852) 865-2667 | | Hong Kong | _____/ /___/ _/ \/ | inet: bhepple@Asia.Sun.Com| | GMT + 8 hours | | uucp: ..!sun!sunhk!bhepple| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
neal@mnopltd.UUCP (04/24/91)
->has anyone out there successfully installed vpix on a xenix (or unix)
->machine? I have installed sco vpix 1.2 on xenix 2.3.3 386 and
->cannot seem to get it to access either the first floppy drive (so I
->can't install any software) or the first (primary) dos partition on
->the second physical harddisk. under xenix, the floppy works as
->/dev/rfd096ds15; a standard 1.2 M 5 1/4. the second hard drive
->is /dev/rdsk/1s0. I've tried everything but the correct answer in
->vpix.cnf, but even when a: is set to rfd096ds15, which works in
->xenix, vpix doesn't even TRY to access the drive before a drive
->not ready error.
->
->Has anyone got this to work?
Yuppers.
I seem to remember some mumbo jumbo about sometimes having to open and
shut the door the very first time.
This is what I have
C $HOME/vpix/C:
ROM /usr/vpix/defaults/rom
CMOS /usr/vpix/defaults/cmos
BOOTIMAGE $HOME/vpix/vpix.img
EGAROM /usr/vpix/defaults/romega
;EGAROM /usr/vpix/defaults/romvga
;A /dev/rfd048
A /dev/rfd096ds9
;A /dev/rfd096ds15
;A /dev/rfd0135ds18
;B /dev/rfd148
;B /dev/rfd196ds9
;B /dev/rfd196
;B /dev/rfd1135ds18
;B $HOME/vpix/B:
;D /dev/hd00
D /dev/hd10
COM1 /dev/tty1a
;MOUSE /dev/mouse/vpix0
;MOUSE /dev/mouse/vpixkb
->
->thanks in advance!
->jeffs
->--
->Jeff Smith | #include <stdDisclaimer.h>
->Brock Control Systems | uucp: ...!gatech!emory!bcs800!jeffs
-> | internet: jeffs%bcs800.uucp@mathcs.emory.edu
->tel: +404 431 1200 | -All my life I said I wanted to be someone...
-> | -now I can see I should have been more specific.
->
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