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From: forsyth@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: karl denninger asks for news from people who have mbuf-related networking problems
Date: 28 Sep 92 12:50:07 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

we do, at 2007 with many ethernet & mbuf-related patches already installed.
i pointed out to ibm software support here that it was pretty bad that
ibm seemed incapable in 1.5 years or more of producing an ethernet/networking subsystem that
didn't disconnect machines from the network (every 15 minutes on our most heavily-loaded
machine during term time!).
still, the software support people do what they can, and it's not their fault.
they have been quite good about sending out patches (they don't fix the problem,
although it's better than it was).

since all our students will be connecting to the machine using the ethernet,
the problem, if it persists, will become acute during the next term.
the troublesome machine had `only' 32 Mbytes of memory compared to other 530s here,
and i'm hoping that adding an extra 32 Mbytes might help.

since i've written ethernet drivers and tcp/ip subsystems for several systems,
i'm not impressed.
From: MCCONNAUGHEY@NIEHS.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Comp.Unix.Aix Digest, Volume 5, Number 8
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:16:00 GMT

Been backing up using "backup" for a couple of years now - first onto
150 meg tapes & now onto 2.5 gig 8mm tapes - haven't had any problem, but
what would be the advantages to using tar?  (assuming I'm just concerned
w/ my own system & not shipping files around the world to other sorts
of Unix).
naively yours,
Bob McC... bob@mojo.niehs.nih.gov
           mcconnaughey@niehs.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: mitu@me.utoronto.ca (Adrian Mitu)
Subject: Re: Help! How to do backup on a network?
Originator: mitu@cam.me.utoronto.ca
Organization: Someplace in Toronto...
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:45:48 GMT

mt0lamg@convex1.tcs.tulane.edu (Louis X. Lee) writes:

>Sorry if this is a FAQ.

>While network-installation is possible, can one also
>do network-backup? That is, back up files on one
>RS/6000 machine using tape-drives connected into
>another RS/6000 machine, where the two RS/6000
>machines are on the same ethernet running TCP/IP?

I usually do this by exporting the directory that I want to back up
to the machine with the tape, and mount it there under the same name.
Then, I just perform a usual backup (or tar).
Don't forget to give root-access permision to the machine with the tape.

Good luck!

-- 
Adrian Mitu
(mitu@me.utoronto.ca)
From: rocket@unb.ca (Richard M)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: imake
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:45:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: unb.rocket.1.717882314
Organization: University of New Brunswick


   I have a RISC/6000 using AIX 3.1 and X11R4. I was told that "imake" is
a utility that is part of X11R4, but I do not have it.

   Is this the same for all AIX systems (ie. only get partial X11R4), or
is it just me?

   If it is just me, how or where can I get the "imake" utility.

   
   Please send me mail at "rocket@calvin.cs.unb.ca" if you can help me.

  Thanks in advance.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

     M. Richard  --> The "Rocket"
     University of New Brunswick
     Fredericton, New Brunswick
     Canada

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis)
Subject: Re: CD ROM
Reply-To: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz
Organization: Chem Dept, Uni of Canty, Chch, New Zealand
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:13:08 GMT

Monica Luke (monica@wilma.wellesley.edu) wrote:
> Our CD ROM drive (running Info Explorer) has a flashing light indicating
> that it needs to be cleaned.  Scouring IBM manuals has not enlightened me
> on how to clean it (surprise, surprise).  Anyway, has anyone successfully
> cleaned their drive?

you should have received a cleaning kit with the drive - it looks
like a cd caddy with a row of fine bristles where the head runs.
Simply eject the normal cd caddy, power the cdrom drive off, insert
the cleaning caddy, power on and let it do it's stuff for a few minutes.

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| o                   chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz       o |
| o                   John_Davis@equinox.gen.nz          o |
| o    (Depart)mental Programmer,Chemistry Department    o |
| o  University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand o | 
Xref: sparky comp.unix.aix:10234 comp.os.mach:1417 comp.unix.osf.osf1:3
From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Problem with printing on remote server
Keywords: printing remote server queue
Date: 30 Sep 92 11:37:55 GMT
Organization: IBM AWD, Austin

erik@sfb313.uni-kiel.dbp.de (Erik Cickovskis) writes:
>We now want to print from the 550 on a Printer which is installed on
>the 220. 

550 is client
220 is server

>Printing now from the 550 to the 220 (lpr -Pqueuename) results in an
>error message (lpd: errno = 2: A file or directory in the path name
>does not exist) on the console of the 220.

Your lpd server daemon is bitching about either the cf or df files most
probably.

The client rembak program, a process forked off by qdaemon on the
client, acts like any lpr client on a Sun or HP or whatever.  It sends
two files over the wire (OTW) to the server.

First it sends a file which starts with the letters 'cf'.  This stands
for "Control File."  It contains instructions detailing who the job is
from, which printer it is for, etc. etc.  It is ascii, so you can
examine it.

The second file starts with the letters 'df'.  This is the "Data File,"
the file you are printing.

On the server side, lpd reads these files off of a socket and puts them
into the /var/spool/lpd.  After a print job is submitted remotely you
should be able to examine them there if you bring down the qdaemon or
replace /bin/enq with a do-nothing shell script.

Do they both appear?  If so, does the cf file look ok?  Does it refer
to any files that don't exist?


-- 
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My views are unrelated to those of IBM     |        Austin, TX
 -Public school administration has gone from 15% to 30% of expenses since 1960-
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: peppe@ipgaix.unipg.it (G. Vitillaro)
Subject: XView 3.0 libraries
Summary: Any way to get XView 3.0 shared libraries on AIX/6000 3.1.5?
Keywords: XView 3.0 AIX/6000 3.1.5 shared libraries
Organization: Universita' di Perugia
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 13:54:32 GMT

I just finished to recompile XView 3.0 (the OPEN LOOK
compatibility libraries) under AIX/6000 3.1.5 and MIT X11R5.
I got compiled all the libraries and clients (clock, cmdtool,
olwm, etc...) and (for what I can see, with th exception of
cmdtool) the work fine.

My only problem is that the libs seem to be not shareble,
so any clients have an executable bigger than 1.5Mb.
   
Did I something wrong durin the compilation (I used the 
rs6k unofficial patches from export.lcs.mit.edu)?
If not, is there any way to let XView behave as X11R5
for libs?

Anyone got XView 3.0 compiled for AIX 3.2?
Thank in advance for any clues, best Regards  Peppe
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University of Perugia Italy         |  06100 Perugia  Phone:+39.75.585-2200
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: kahana@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Jason Adam Kahana)
Subject: Imake on aix 3.2
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 03:07:57 GMT

Anyone know where to find a correctly pre-configured imake source 
or binary for aix3.2 and IBM's "version" of X??  Any help would be
greatly appreciated.


Jason Kahana


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On the trigger                    |  Northwestern University           
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Xref: sparky comp.unix.aix:10277 comp.windows.x.pex:578
From: pfuetz@igd.fhg.de (Matthias Pfuetzner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.windows.x.pex
Subject: Re: Mixing graPHIGS and ISO-phigs?
Date: 2 Oct 92 10:18:34 GMT
Reply-To: pfuetz@igd.fhg.de (Matthias Pfuetzner)
Followup-To: comp.unix.aix
Organization: Zentrum fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Darmstadt, FRG

In article <hersh.717709355@xenon.lcs.mit.edu> hersh@expo.lcs.mit.edu (Jay Hersh) writes:
>wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl (Marcel Wijkstra (AIO)) writes:
>
>>Is it possible to add these feautures to my ISO-phigs programs, e.g.
>>using graPHIGS calls? (all right, I know this reduces portability to a
>>low level, but I just have to live with that).
>
>PHIGS keeps state, and so using two different PHIGS implementations
>simultaneously is not likely to work.

This is not right in the case of graPHIGS. What Marcel was trying to say was
that within the same libphigs, there are ISO c-binding and the older graPHIGS
c-bindings. You can mix them, I'm doing this also. I can't see the problem
Marcel has, so Marcel, can you be a bit more precise?

I'm using the following command-line for compiling graPHIGS with both, the
ISO-c-binding and the older graPHIGS-c-bindig.:

cc -g -I/usr/include -I/usr/lpp/graPHIGS/samples/cbinding -DAIXV3 -D_BSD
                                                     -D__STR31__ -c <file>.c
cc -o <file> <file>.o -g -lgP -lXext -lX11 -lm

Sincerly,
        Matthias
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    Wir pfeifen nicht nach ihrer Tanze... (09.09.92 in der Haushaltsdebatte)
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis
Date:         Thu, 01 Oct 92 19:16:38 CST
From:         Bill Harvey <HARVEY@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu>
Subject:      AIX and 3270
Newsgroups:   comp.unix.aix

I'm almost certain I've heard this answered in the affirmative, but could
someone tell me for sure one way or the other:

Is the telnet server running under AIX on RS/6000 capable of
supporting 3270 mode clients?  In other words, can someone on a remote
system use tn3270 (or the telnet client for VM or MVS in transparent
mode) to connect to my AIX system, and get full 3270 terminal
emulation?  (Assuming, of course, the purchase order for my AIX system
actually gets put through someday!!)

Thanks in advance
Bill Harvey
From: VRBASS@ATLVMIC1.VNET.IBM.COM
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: How can I get mksysb use 2 tapes?
Date: 28 Sep 92 16:19:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9209281638.AA00238

rick@ransom.msc.cornell.edu (Rick Cochran) writes:
> tar doesn't support multiple tapes.

This is certainly a bit of news to me!  (I don't have a 3.2 system in
front of me at this very moment, but...) "tar" under AIX has supported
multiple media for several years now (i.e., since the version that ran
on the RT).   I use it on a regular basis and get "proceeding to next
tape" messages all the time.  If it doesn't work on 3.2GB tapes, that's
an odd anomaly.

Perhaps you're thinking of one of those other, lesser Unices. . . . :-)

From: Vance R. Bass       AIX Systems Specialist, IBM Technical Services
Internet: vrbass@atlvmic1.vnet.ibm.com            VNET: ATLVMIC1(VRBASS)
        Any resemblance between the above and the official IBM
                  position is purely coincidental.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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  reality as a hallmark of mental health.  Yet most people regard
  themselves and their situation as considerably more positive than it
  really is.  Tom Peters
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From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
Subject: Re: DCS ported to Sun platforms by Transarc ?
Date: 5 Oct 92 21:56:32 GMT
Organization: cic

parhar@trocadero.trl.oz.au (Ajeet Parhar) writes:

>I was told that Transarc has/is doing a port of DCE to Sun platforms. Can
>anyone confirm or deny this. Is anyone else doing this port ?

It is true that Transarc has done the port (as well as the port to
the RS/6000).
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
From: cak@citi.umich.edu (Carol A. Kamm)
Subject: Re: important: dce under ms-windows info req.
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 08:57:49 EDT
Organization: Center for Information Technology Integration, University of Michigan
Reply-To: cak@citi.umich.edu

In article <OZ.92Sep30145243@ursa.sis.yorku.ca>,
oz@ursa.sis.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes:
|> I remember hearing something about one or more
|> companies
|> trying to port DCE onto PC-class machines
|> running MS-Windows.
|> If you [as an independent party, or as a
|> developer] have any
|> details, pointers, scheduled release dates etc,
|> I would much
|> appreciate it.

Try Gradient Technologies, Inc.  577 Main Street, Suite 4,
Hudson, MA  01749.  Telephone: 508-562-2882.
From: rsalz@rodan.UU.NET (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
Subject: Re: OSF for x86 machines?
Date: 2 Oct 1992 11:25:00 -0400
Organization: Oopen Software Foundation
Reply-To: rsalz@osf.org
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Keywords: OSF x86 intel

I don't know about announced products, but OSF/1 sources have had
[34]86 support since around 1990.  We have some x86 machines in-house,
and might use it as a reference platform for DCE, DME, etc., but I
haven't seen one so I can't tell you who makes them.
	/r$
Xref: sparky comp.unix.osf.misc:6 comp.unix.osf.osf1:5
From: rsalz@rodan.UU.NET (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: Re: How can I get a copy of the OSF DCE White Paper?
Date: 2 Oct 1992 11:22:15 -0400
Organization: Open Software Foundation
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Keywords: DCE , OSF, Distributed Computing Environment
Repy-To: rsalz@osf.org

You might try contacting "OSF Direct", 617 621 7300.
If that doesn't work, try email to dce-talk@osf.org.
If that doesn't work, send me email.
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
From: jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: OSF, gcc, i860s, etc etc
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:29:59


Is anyone out there working on GCC for OSF/1 or OSF/1AD?  In
particular, I'm looking for people using the i860 as their CPU. 

--
             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
                              '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
Newsgroups: comp.unix.dos-under-unix,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,comp.unix.questions
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: NT Under SCO Unix
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:33:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.101145.18218@cam-orl.co.uk> thg@cam-orl.co.uk (Tim Glauert) writes:
> In article <id.HIRT._V7@ferranti.com>, peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
> |> That's all either X-related cruft or networking-related cruft (sockets, etc).

> Really? I suggest that you take another look. Try main.c.

*anything* to do with a PTY is part of the networking mess, because that's
where ptys came from. That, and the terminal mess (caused by System III
changing the terminal mode interface) cover 99% of the "cruft" in UNIX.

> As the previous poster pointed out, there is a lot of "cruft" associated with
> spawning a sub-process under different versions of Unix.

I don't think so. Not unless you fiddle with sockets (more networking derived
junk).

> |> A reasonable UNIX window system or networking software does not exist.

> This sounds like an excellent reason to move to a system where such things DO
> exist.

Possibly so. I've been using one for a while. It's a bit more efficient than
NT or most UNIX implementations, too.

> NT may be such a system.

Nope, the Microsoft Windows API is just as messed up as X.

> |> The worst case I can think of in real UNIX code is the terminal interface
> |> stuff in Kermit. Over 100 #ifdefs in one file, but from my inspection it
> |> could be considerably simplified.

> In case you are interested, the R5 version of main.c has 155 #ifdefs.

Sounds like incompetance or a case of too many cooks. Time to rewrite from
scratch.

> I stand by my original claim: Without using a standard layer such as POSIX it
> is very difficult to write sophisticated code that will run on different
> versions of Unix.

Depends on your definition of sophisticated code. From this discussion, I
suspect that anything that doesn't involve windows or networking doesn't
count as sophisticated, right?
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From: tad@wrq.com (Tad Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
Subject: OSF for x86 machines?
Keywords: OSF x86 intel
Date: 1 Oct 92 01:20:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct1.012024.15064
Organization: Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc., Seattle, WA

Possibly a dumb question -- are there currently any versions of OSF available
for 386/486 PC clone machines?  Are any announced?  Rumored?  What exactly *is*
the state of this software (spec)?  Thanks for any info!

-- Tad Marshall -- tad@wrq.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
From: parhar@trocadero.trl.oz.au (Ajeet Parhar)
Subject: DCS ported to Sun platforms by Transarc ?
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne Australia.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 05:05:15 GMT

I was told that Transarc has/is doing a port of DCE to Sun platforms. Can
anyone confirm or deny this. Is anyone else doing this port ?

	- Ajeet.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
From: oz@ursa.sis.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit)
Subject: important: dce under ms-windows info req.
Organization: York U. Student Information Systems Project
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:52:43 GMT

I remember hearing something about one or more companies
trying to port DCE onto PC-class machines running MS-Windows.
If you [as an independent party, or as a developer] have any
details, pointers, scheduled release dates etc, I would much
appreciate it.

thanks... oz
sis project/york university
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: avilable gdb on OSF/1 ?
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 6 Oct 92 12:08:32
Distribution: comp

"Gyota" == Gyota Yasoda <yasoda@ecs.isl.melco.co.jp> writes:

Gyota>     Also is there a FTP site which has new GNU binaries for
Gyota> OSF/1 ?

For what CPU?
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             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
                              '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
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The iPSC/860 is my friend." (repeat until your code runs...)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: yasoda@ecs.isl.melco.co.jp (Gyota Yasoda)
Subject: avilable gdb on OSF/1 ?
Organization: Mitsubishi Electric, Ofuna, Kanagawa, Japan
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 08:41:32 GMT

    Could some kind soul tell me whether there is a newer gdb available than
the one that is provided in the fsf archive (which is version 3.94). BTW, 
This is just the source and not in binary format.

    Also is there a FTP site which has new GNU binaries for OSF/1 ?
                                               ^^^^^^^^^   ^^^^^^

        Gyota Yasoda [Mitsubishi Electric]
From: cpm@clyde.clearpoint.com (Chris Martel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: SCSI drive under OSF1 on DECstations
Date: 30 Sep 92 23:41:56 GMT
Reply-To: cpm
Distribution: na
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp, Hopkinton MA 01748



Does anyone know what DEC's and OSF's policy is on SCSI drive support
on DECstations runnning OSF1? A friend of mine is trying to put Seagate
425MB SCSI drives onto A DECstation 5000/120 and DECstation 2100 and
he is having problems. These drives work fine on these machines when
they run Ultrix.

I don't have a lot of details on the problems, but any information
would be greatly appreciated. I will forward it to him.

Thanks in advance!

Chris Martel			cpm@clyde.clearpoint.com
Clearpoint Research		cpm@cpoint.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: yasoda@ecs.isl.melco.co.jp (Gyota Yasoda)
Subject: Re: avilable gdb on OSF/1 ?
Organization: Mitsubishi Electric, Ofuna, Kanagawa, Japan
	<JET.92Oct6120832@win30.nas.nasa.gov>
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:01:41 GMT

In article <JET.92Oct6120832@win30.nas.nasa.gov> 
jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:

jet>   Gyota>     Also is there a FTP site which has new GNU binaries for
jet>   Gyota> OSF/1 ?
jet>
jet>   For what CPU?

    I'm sorry I had left this crucial info out. 
    I am looking for PMAX (DECstation 3100) stuff. We're currently running
OSF/1 1.0.4.

        Gyota Yasoda [Mitsubishi Electric]
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286,comp.unix.sysv386
From: newman@netcom.com (Charles E Newman)
Subject: Disk Quotas
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 17:34:34 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Followup-To: poster



            Does anyone know a way to create and enforce disk quotas on Sys V
compatible systems? I give accounts to members of all my classes in school and
this time, I will be giving over 200 accounts for one class, so I really need
a way to make and enforce disk quotas.
From: eddy@aludra.usc.edu (George Edmond Eddy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Installing 386bsd
Date: 6 Oct 1992 21:28:59 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu
Keywords: install boot 386bsd

prkoch@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Peter Koch) writes:
>	wd0: no disk label
>	can't mount wd0a as root

>and then the system reboots.

>then i've booted from the fixit.fs and tried to "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt"
>but the 'no disk-label' message has also been shown.

>When running 'install' again and break (CNTRL-C) at the reboot-message,
>the "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt" works and i can see, that the system is
>installed in the partition.

>- how to bring up 386BSD in my partition (technical data below)
>- is any documentation for 'disklabel, diskpart, newfs, etc.'
>  out there
>- by the way: how to place a filesystem on a floppy (1.2/1.44)

>my technical datas
>------------------

>	386 25MHz
>	AMI-BIOS
>	8 MB RAM
>	1.2 MB and 1.44 MB floppys
>	205 MB Seagate AT-Bus disk
>	- 33MB DOS 3.3 - System Partition
>	- 70MB DOS 3.3 - Extended Partition

Since your seagate drive is that large i assume it is an IDE.  One thing
you may want to try when using device type wd for an IDE is to remove
the "bad sector" flag from the disklabel.  This can be done by using
the -e option with disklabel, or better yet, edit the disktab file on
the fixit floppy removing the :sf flag from the entry your using.  You
*do not* want to use bad144 bad-sector mapping with your IDE.

-rusty

--

eddy@usc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd