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From: falken@caen.engin.umich.edu (David R  Falkenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rodime disk drives and A/UX
Summary: New Rodime stuff on the way
Message-ID: <3e260c83.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 88 13:43:00 GMT
References: <210@flinders.cs.flinders.oz> <8498@cup.portal.com>
Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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In article <8498@cup.portal.com>, Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com writes:

> I know that you can't initilize a Rodime drive under System 6.0 (wants to be
> a floppy).  I don't know what software you would use to partition it.  You
> might try HD partition from Symantec.  The Jasmine drives, however, come
> with both SUM and their own software that they say follows Apple's rules about
> partitioning to the letter and will work perfectly with A/UX.
> 
> Mark Cookson

At MacWorld in Boston, Rodime promised some changes for their software.
A new version 2.0 driver is going thgrough testing right now (i'm running
a beta on my 1400RX) which supports Inisde Mac volume V format scheme and
faster data transfers.  The driver improves the access times slightly
(to about 25 msec).  True partitioning should be out sometime this fall

SUM's partitioning (as well as FWB software's Partitioner) uses a "fake"
partitioning scheme which utilizes an invisible (and sometimes encrypted)
file as a files system.  It does not use the standard partitioning scheme
outlined in Inside Mac volume V (the stuff required for A/UX compatibilty)

My opinions are my own, not those of the university of michigan
(i don't work for Rodmie either)

-dave falkenburg
 university of michigan computer aided engineering network
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