Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!tsa!domo From: domo@tsa.co.uk (Dominic Dunlop) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: SyQuest 40MB removable won't mount under unix Message-ID: <1991Mar9.171534.8799@tsa.co.uk> Date: 9 Mar 91 17:15:34 GMT References: <12385@goofy.Apple.COM> Reply-To: domo@tsa.co.uk (Dominic Dunlop) Organization: The Standard Answer Ltd. Lines: 41 In article <12385@goofy.Apple.COM> rick@apple.COM () writes: > > In article <2399@taurus.BITNET> writes: > >Could anyone help me with mounting a SyQuest 40MB removable disk under A/UX ? > >when A/UX boots, it says: > >generic disk c1d0s30 Retry limit: Logical block 0, physical block 0 > >Disk write c1d0s30 Error: More data than SCSI device requested > > The error you see is due to a bug in 2.0 (fixed in 2.0.1) wherein > the disk driver issues a "mode-select" command to the Syquest in order > to set the error-recovery parameters. > > It is possible to set these error-recovery bits permanently by use > of one of the multitude of Mac disk utilities out there. > > Now for the technical details: > > Find a utility that will do the mode-select "permanent" for you, > and set the byte accordingly. What Rick omits to mention is that there is a program which claims to do just that on Apple's own support system, aux.support.apple.com. It's in a uuencoded compressed tar file by the name of /usr/spool/ftp/aux.patches/unsupported/fix_error.uu. Snarf it, unencode and unarchive it, and you'll get a Mac application called Fix Error Page and a TeachText README file. For those with ftp, the internet address of the system is 130.43.6.2; for those without, call +1 408 559 3066 and login as aux. (Twice. You'll see what I mean.) For anybody, the system is S L O W , but a whole lot better than nothing. By the way, I haven't tried the thing. I thought it might be a fix for uux... > -- > Rick Auricchio rick@apple.COM Mooney N894AR (408) 974-4227 > Apple Computer Inc, A/UX Engineering,10300 Bubb Rd, MS 50-UX Cupertino CA 95014 > Work is for people who don't know how to fly. > My opinion is my own. My employer? They use a windsock and a fire extinguisher. -- Dominic Dunlop