Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!hsi!tankus
From: tankus@hsi.UUCP (Ed Tankus)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Xenix Diskette Driver Bugs?
Message-ID: <888@hsi.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 88 11:20:57 GMT
References: <887@hsi.UUCP> <10127@steinmetz.steinmetz.ge.com>
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Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT
Lines: 25
Keywords: PS/2 model 60 and 80
Summary: We didn't try it but ...

In article <10127@steinmetz.steinmetz.ge.com>, davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
> 
>   Did you try formatting the destination disk and doing the copy with
> 'dd'? It's probably a bug, but until you get a fix you may be able to
> get by with that.
> -- 
> 	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
>   {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen
> "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me

No we didn't try that. However, 'dd' uses the same device driver name that TAR
and FORMAT would use.  Since we feel that there is probably a bug in the floppy
device driver, ANY disk to floppy transfers using /dev/fd0135ds18 are no good.

If there really IS a bug, then ANYONE doing disk to floppy transfers under SCO
Xenix on a PS/2 will be affected.  Help is still requested!

Thanks.


-- Ed.
    
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