newfs for non Apple Drives

[Kent Sandvik]

In article <504 at n5pph007.UUCP> rap at n5pph007.UUCP (Allen Pippin,RTP,8189,) writes:
>Has any 2.01b user out there tried creating a file system on 
>a non-apple disk drive, say a Fujitsu 135M unit?

>I have tried it and have had limited success.  Here's what I did -
>
>0) Partition a usr slice 2  (the whole disk) with SilverLining 5.27
>1) edit disktab and put the tracks sectors and cylinders reported in
>   silverlining for the Fuji 135 into a disktab entry FUJI135.
>2) scsi up the disk on port 4 and run newfs /dev/dsk/c4d0s2 FUJI135 
>	(don't remember exact syntax)
>3) watch it die after making 20 or so super-block backups.

>Could it be a problem with the disktab entry or that A/UX just doesn't like
>the FUJI mechanism?  (BTW I have been completely unsucessful getting the
>FUJI mechanism and A/UX 2.00 to talk) 


Well, I heard here in DTSland some rumors about a guy working on
to get Fujitsu drives to run under A/UX. The main reason it does not
work was something about a couple of optional SCSI commands that the
Fujitsu likes to use, and the generic SCSI driver gronks due to that.
So what he's trying to do is to turn off those calls/features when
running under A/UX (because they are not necessarily needed).

The person who knows more about the status is in Phoenix/AZ the whole
week, so I can't verify what is happening until next week. So, don't 
go away, we will be right back :-).

Kent Sandvik



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