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From: louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca (Louis Demers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Syquest 44MB and A/UX
Keywords: SyQuest, A/UX
Message-ID: <1990Feb10.145703.29208@asterix.drev.dnd.ca>
Date: 10 Feb 90 14:57:03 GMT
References: <863@amc-vlsi.UUCP> <1990Feb9.081524.28882@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU>
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In article <863@amc-vlsi.UUCP> ryan@amc-vlsi.UUCP (Ryan Jorgenson) writes:
>
>Can somebody clue me in on how to format a SyQuest 44MB 
>removable for use under A/UX?  When I try dp(1), all I get is:
>Disk write c3d0s31 Error: More data than SCSI device request
>ed
>generic disk c3d0s31 Retry limit: Logical block 0, physical
>block 0
>

    A piece of software (written by Tony Cooper) called scsiFixErrorPage
    (from memory ;-) is available on info-mac (sumex) which 
    corrects that problem.

jamespa@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU (James Paul) writes:
>I've used Silver Lining 5.16 to format Syquest cartridges for A/UX.

	When you use your Syquest under A/UX, do you get "retry error messages" ?

>BTW, Silver lining supports the different types of A/UX formatting as well.
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Can you explain ? Do you mean different partition setups ?

	 Thanks,
		 Louis


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