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From: nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (nghiem)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: AUX on non Apple disk drive?
Message-ID: <33042@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jul 90 07:53:10 GMT
References: <22932@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Reply-To: nghiem@emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem)
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Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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In article <22932@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> pete@othello.dartmouth.edu (Pete Schmitt) writes:
>I would like to hear from anyone who has AUX running from a non-Apple
>disk drive.  I'm hearing conflicting reports that AUX does/doesn't run
>on non-Apple disk drives.

I have installed A/UX 1.1.1 on a MacProducts Magic 150 (CDC/Imprimis/
Seagate Wren III 150 meg hd.). I used Jasmine Driveware installer to
partition the drive, but had to edit the partition map with dp because
the Jasmine installer made several mistakes. I set up the standard
80 meg A/UX file system and loaded A/UX from tape. Afterwards, I
mounted the rest of the Magic 150 in an additional partition.

A/UX 1.1.1 works well. However, I cannot recommend the Magic 150 to anyone. 
Our drive has crashed four times. The third time it crashed, it was one month
out of warranty. MacProducts sent the drive to Imprimis/Seagate to be 
rebuilt, but a couple of months after that repair, 
the boot sector of the Magic 150 failed again. 

I cannot recommend use of Jasmine Driveware for A/UX, unless
you enjoy debugging the partition errors. I used it
because it came with our Jasmine drives and at the time I had nothing
else to use. We have since received Silverlining from LaCie, 
which is reported to be very good software for partioning non-Apple 
drives for A/UX. However, since our Magic 150 drive is
still in the shop, I have not been able to try Silverlining for
myself.
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This article is posted for discussion only. Any misrepresentation,
if any, is purely unintentional. Any opinion expressed or implicit in
these remarks are solely my own.

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