- Original Message -
From: Q Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] qxltool and multipartitions
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy
Swenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
Another thing is that the Syquest drive
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Timothy Swenson wrote:
I'm also starting to wonder about the Q40 manual. I formatted HD like this
Partition 1 (/dev/hda1) QWA QDOS1
Partition 2 (/dev/hda2) QWA QDOS2
Partition 3 (/dev/hda3) SWP
Partition 4 (/dev/hda4) LNX
When the system
On 12 Jul 2001, at 19:28, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
WIN_REMV 2 - declares 'WIN2_' to be removeable
or WIN_REMV 2,1
WIN_REMV 2,0 - 'WIN_2' is no longer removeable !
I haven't tried the latter information about Removeables, myself.
Perhaps someone has ?
Actually, I someytimes use this
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
There is also support for Removeable Hardrives, like ZIP and SyQuest :-
[...]
I haven't tried the latter information about Removeables, myself.
Perhaps someone has ?
I have ;-)
It's not only for ZIP etc drives but especially for sharing single
WIN-partitions over a
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
Actually, I someytimes use this when accessing a drive over the (PC)
network.
I have a drive eg win4_ on another computer. I declare this to be a
removable drive from my computer, that way, I can access the drive
from my computer and from the computer where it's
In article 3B4F4983.4700.1D71103@localhost, Wolfgang Lenerz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
On 12 Jul 2001, at 19:28, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
WIN_REMV 2 - declares 'WIN2_' to be removeable
or WIN_REMV 2,1
WIN_REMV 2,0 - 'WIN_2' is no longer removeable !
I haven't tried the latter information
The Q40 SMSQ/E does not say that anthing other than WIN1_ can be used with
the WIN_FORMAT command.
But if you enter WIN_FORMAT 1 and try FORMAT WIN2_, you get a Access Denied
error message.
So the correct syntx for WIN_FORMAT is WINFORMAT win_drive
This assumes that the WNx_ device has been
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 07:46:09AM +0100, Derek Stewart wrote:
The Q40 SMSQ/E does not say that anthing other than WIN1_ can be used with
the WIN_FORMAT command.
But if you enter WIN_FORMAT 1 and try FORMAT WIN2_, you get a Access Denied
error message.
So the correct syntx for
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 11:06:19PM -0700, Timothy Swenson wrote:
But in mucking with my system, I seem to have totally blown all partitions
(even Linux). All I did was disconnect the HD and run a bit with just the
Syquest attached. Is it OK to run with just a Slave IDE device and no
On 7/11/01 at 11:06 PM Timothy Swenson wrote:
Is it OK to run with just a Slave IDE device and no master?
NO! The best scenario that can happen is that the drive will not be
recognized as being there. The worst scenario... well, I guess you have
learned about that one!
Nasta
Hi Richard
I was talking about using a CDRW writer from SMSQ/E. I have used CD writers
on Linux on PCs, so on the Q40 Linux, it should be the same.
I am sorry to say that I prefer SMSQ/E to Linux, but then again, I prefer
Linux to Windows
Derek
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy
Swenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
You are missing a bit.
after the
WIN_FORMAT 3
you should then type
Format win3_
the first command allows the drive to be formatted but does nothing else.
This is a protection against accidental formatting. Long winded but
I booted Linux from floppy and it looks like /dev/hda4 is still there
(mounted it as /newroot). So I booted again from floppy and used /dev/hda4
as the root device and all seems well.
Another thing is that the Syquest drive not makes a funny noise after I put
a disk in, then it spits the
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy
Swenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
Another thing is that the Syquest drive not makes a funny noise after I
put a disk in, then it spits the disk out. Can computer hardware be
cursed?
This is a common problem with the Syquest drives. Sometimes they seem
I'm still having problems with the Syquest and it keeping a partition. I
also found that copying from the Syquest to win1_ caused win1_ to be corrupted.
I'm also starting to wonder about the Q40 manual. I formatted HD like this
Partition 1 (/dev/hda1) QWA QDOS1
Partition 2
Now, after I formatted parition 1 I was able to reboot from linux to SMSQ/E
and copy some files from flp1_ to win1_. Now I did a reboot to verify that
the boot file will run and suddenly I can't see win1_. I set win_drive
1,0,0 and nothing. I set win_drive to 2,0,1 and I see the second
of clusters or blocks in the File
Allocation Table (or whatever it's called in SMSQ jargon). The number
reported by DIR is the actual number of sectors.
Ian.
-Original Message-
From: swensont
Sent: 10 July 2001 23:43
To: ql-users
Cc: swensont
Subject: Re: [ql-users] qxltool
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:37:00PM -0700, Timothy Swenson wrote:
At 12:10 AM 7/11/2001 +0200, Richard Z. wrote:
I have reformated my /dev/hda2 today with
qxltool -W /dev/hda2 0 xx xx xx
and it worked perfectly.
I tried it using 256 instead of the 0 (since it's 256 MB partition). That
SNIP
w you are saying WIN_FORMAT X will format drive X. So to format the
Syquest I would have to do the following:
WIN_DRIVE 3,1 (Set win3_ to the slave drive on the primary bus)
WIN_FORMAT 3 (to format the drive)
I just tried that (with SMSQ/E 2.91 in ROM) and it did not work.
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy
Swenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Ok, I am now able to read the Syquest as win3_. I dumped some files
there and I am able to boot into Linux. From there I put partitions on
a number of Syquest carts. I also formatted my first and second QDOS
partitions
At 12:07 AM 7/12/2001 +0100, you wrote:
You are missing a bit.
after the
WIN_FORMAT 3
you should then type
Format win3_
the first command allows the drive to be formatted but does nothing else.
This is a protection against accidental formatting. Long winded but worthwhile.
I think I get it.
Hi
You need to give the WIN_FORMAT command as: WIN_FORMAT win_drive, that is
for WIN4_ WIN_FORMAT 4
My 135mb Syquest gives no problem at all.
Derek
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:11:12PM -0700, Timothy Swenson wrote:
After my adventure with the Syquest drive, I thought I would use qxltool
and see if I could get my second QWA partition working.
I figured I would use qxltool to format the second partition and then see
if I can accesses it.
At 12:10 AM 7/11/2001 +0200, Richard Z. wrote:
I have reformated my /dev/hda2 today with
qxltool -W /dev/hda2 0 xx xx xx
and it worked perfectly.
I tried it using 256 instead of the 0 (since it's 256 MB partition). That
should still work though, right?
Tim
Well, this is interesting.
With SMSQ/E 2.91 running (from ROM), I decided to try and format the
Syquest again (just for SG's). I did the following (as per the manual):
win_format 1
win_drive 3,1
format win3_
instead of getting the access denied error, it asked for two letters and
Ok, I am now able to read the Syquest as win3_. I dumped some files there
and I am able to boot into Linux. From there I put partitions on a number
of Syquest carts. I also formatted my first and second QDOS partitions
qxltool /dev/hda1 0 QDOS1 and qxltool /dev/hda2 0 QDOS2. I did get
26 matches
Mail list logo
