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- From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
- Subject: Re: DEC RZ55 /etc/format.dat entry (still) needed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.152550.16666@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <18146@autodesk.COM> <18216@autodesk.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:25:50 GMT
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- In article <18216@autodesk.COM> dansmith@Autodesk.COM (Daniel Smith) writes:
- >> Anyone have this? The DEC /etc/disktab entry is:
- >> rz55|RZ55|DEC RZ55 Winchester:\
- >> :ty=winchester:ns#36:nt#15:nc#1224:\
- >> :pa#32768:ba#8192:fa#1024:\
- > Still need this, the format program is asking
- >me things I don't know. I have DEC's around and that helps a little,
- >but I really could use a hardware manual about now. Is this really a
- >CDC of some sort?
-
- Well, we were doing this just yesterday under Solaris 2.1, and used the
- Ultrix disktab entry (most everything else is the "default"), only to find
- that the format program couldn't label the drive. So I suggested just
- calling the drive a "SUN0327", and it formatted and labelled like a charm.
- I think you lose about 10mb or so of space compared to a more rigorously
- derived format.dat entry.
-
- --
- Steve Dyer
- dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
-