Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu!tlunde From: tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Thomas Lunde) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: A/UX 2.0 initial questions Summary: This is it Keywords: Syquest Message-ID: <1928@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Date: 22 Jul 90 01:51:03 GMT References: <1859@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu Sender: news@ns-mx.uiowa.edu Reply-To: tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu.UUCP (Thomas Lunde) Followup-To: comp.unix.aux Organization: U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Lines: 69 In article (<1859@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu ) I wrote: > 1) Is it possible to use AUX with removable hard drives, particularly > those with Syquest Mechanisms? > > 2) What is the realistic ( not theoretical ) size in M of drive space > needed to effectivly use AUX? To summarize the responses, 1) Yes, if they are setup properly. There was one recommendation to use Silverlining to do this. 2) 80M seemed to be the reasonable minimum for everday use. If disk intensive use is to be done, >100M is necessary. Thanks to those who responded. The orignal (edited) responses follow. Thomas Lunde ---------------------------------------------------------------- From blob@apple.com Mon Jul 16 09:23:52 1990 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 1990 07:25:48 PDT Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. In article <1859@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Thomas Lunde) writes: > 1) Is it possible to use AUX with removable hard drives, particularly > those with Syquest Mechanisms? Yes, if you set up the Syquest properly. Tony Cooper wrote a program that sets the appropriate SCSI sense state or whatever magic it was. It's on sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the utils directory, I believe. > 2) What is the realistic ( not theoretical ) size in M of drive space > needed to effectivly use AUX? Insufficient information given to answer this question. This question is roughly equivalent to "what car should I drive?" Specify "use A/UX" more fully, and I can tell you a better answer. With that disclaimer, I find 80Mb fine if you're doing routine stuff, but you'll be happier with more if you do program development. You can get by on less than 80Mb if you're a masochist. --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From grebyn!rhodes@uu.psi.com Mon Jul 16 18:12:19 1990 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 19:02:59 EDT Subject: Re: A/UX 2.0 initial questions Organization: Software Systems Group, Arlington, VA Yes, you can use syquest mechanisms. It appears that the best formatter is the LaCie Silverlining. The unix system software requires 40 MB and I think they use 10-20 MB for swap and then there is the mac partition. Bottom line is that 80 MB is usable, but you wind up with only 10 MB of space to do stuff in. Obviously a 100 MB would give you 30 MB of user space and so On. I think you need > 100 to do serious work. -- Ned W. Rhodes (703) 534-2297 (voice) Software Systems Group (703) 237-9654 (fax) 2001 North Kenilworth Street CompuServe : 71321,424 Arlington, VA 22205 rhodes@grebyn.COM