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Conference hydra::axp-developer

Title:	Alpha Developer Support
Notice:	[email protected], 800-332-4786
Moderator:	HYDRA::SYSTEM

Created:	Mon Jun 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3722
Total number of notes:	11359

3228.0. "Altair Computing" by AMCUCS::SWIERKOWSKI (Quot homines tot sententiae) Mon Feb 24 1997 13:43

    Company Name :  Altair Computing
    Contact Name :  Wayne Brehob
    Phone        :  (810) 614-2400 x-333
    Fax          :  
    Email        :  "[email protected]"
    Date/Time in :  24-FEB-1997 10:35 
    Originally entered by :  SWIERKOWSKI
    SPE center   :  PAG

    Category     :  Digital UNIX
    OS Version   :  V3.2[?]
    System H/W   :  - unknown -


    Brief Description of Problem:
    -----------------------------

  Needs help to mount a SCSI disk on his system.  Sounds like he just needs a
few pointers to basic "managing disks & tapes" stuff from the System Administra-
tion manual re: MAKEDEV, newfs, disklabel and newfs.  This call actually came
in late last Friday after I was gone, so I've asked him to call me directly
this morning, telephone tag in progress...


						Tony Swierkowski
						Digital Equipment Corporation
						Software Partner Engineering
						Palo Alto, California
						(415) 617-3601
						"[email protected]"

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3228.1	Got him started, awaiting feedback...	AMCUCS::SWIERKOWSKI	Quot homines tot sententiae	`Mon Feb 24 1997 14:15`	20
	Greetings! Got a call back from Wayne, he's not even sure if the device (not a Digital disk, but some 3'rd party 4GB disk instead) shows up at the console. He'll verify that it does. He did some playing around and got as far as having disklabel report back drive characteristics, but what came back doesn't jive with the real drive's characteristics. He's going to play around a bit more and possibly take a stab at relabeling the disk so it reflects the correct drive geometry information after looking in /etc/disktab to verify that there is an entry for a disk with his characteristics. He'll call me back if he gets stuck, cheers... Tony Swierkowski Digital Equipment Corporation Software Partner Engineering Palo Alto, California (415) 617-3601 "[email protected]"
3228.2		HYDRA::AXPDEVELOPER	Alpha Developer support	`Tue Feb 25 1997 09:11`	7
	There is a FAQ on the ASAP web page that tells how to mount foreign disks. This should work on 3.2X. It does not work on 4.OX where there is a known problem with disklabel. See note 3210.3 in this conference for a good workaround. See UNIX conference note 8865 for a good discussion of the $.) problem Marvin Davis
3228.3	Awaiting feedback from customer...	AMCUCS::SWIERKOWSKI	Quot homines tot sententiae	`Tue Feb 25 1997 12:16`	17
	Greetings! Thanks for the pointer(s)! I've sent more mail to the customer asking if he was successful yesterday after we spoke and if not, I paraphrased the work- around in note 3210.3. FWIW, note 8865.* in the DIGITAL_UNIX conference seems specific to foreign disks on V4.0 systems and that on V3.2 systems disklabel dealt with foreign disks okay. Wayne is running on a V3.2 system, so he may have a different problem. Awaiting feedback from the customer... Tony Swierkowski Digital Equipment Corporation Software Partner Engineering Palo Alto, California (415) 617-3601 "[email protected]"
3228.4	Call closed...	AMCUCS::SWIERKOWSKI	Quot homines tot sententiae	`Thu Feb 27 1997 12:26`	12
	Greetings! Got mail back from customer, he's on the air, call closed... Tony Swierkowski Digital Equipment Corporation Software Partner Engineering Palo Alto, California (415) 617-3601 "[email protected]"