Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!gatech!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!declan From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SCSI peripherals Summary: SCSI devices in NeXTstep v2.0 Message-ID: Date: 25 Oct 90 21:26:24 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 31 In article , smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Wild Willy) writes: > This will give you two partitions for the drive. If you want a single > partition you could use: > > #CDC Wren V 5.25" drive with 512 byte sector > CDC 94181-15:\ > :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#1505:nt#15:ns#26:ss#1024:rm#3600:\ > :fp#160:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\ > :os=sdmach:z0#32:z1#96:\ > :pa#0:sa#586560:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#32:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\ > :ia:ta=4.3BSD: It may be of interest to some people to know that in NeXTstep v2.0, the BuildDisk application and /usr/etc/disk automatically determine SCSI disk geometry and capacity for drives that support MODE_SENSE. As a side note, to fix a potential security hole, BuildDisk has been moved to /NextAdmin and now uses the /usr/lib/netinfo/NILoginPanel.nib root user verification panel. Also, it is NOT necesary to reformat your hard drive when upgrading to NeXTstep v2.0. BuildDisk and disk currently support single partition SCSI devices; to divide your disk into multiple partitions, you still must create a disktab entry for it. -Declan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Declan McCullagh / NeXT Campus Consultant \ declan@remus.rutgers.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------