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From: pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: SCSI Tape and X11R5 questions
Message-ID: <47631@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 16 Sep 92 14:34:25 GMT
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Many thanks to those who replied to my questions about X11R5 and SCSI tapes.
I'm posting this followup to let other people know the answers.
Q1) What do I need for X11R5?
A1) Just for a basic system (no source) I could grab the binaries from
agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/incoming/X386
A2) For X11R5 with source, I have to get the mit distribution (mit-[123]),
the X386 diffs from agate:(don't know the dir) and a few kernel patches
from agate:/pub/incoming/X386. I also found out that this requires
quite a large disk (60MB for source and from 90-100MB for objects and
executables)
[NOTE: I have a Trident TVGA card which will be not supported in XFree86
until the next release :-(]
Q2) How do I get a SCSI Tape working (I have a QIC150 Archive VP 150e)?
A) I don't have to rebuild or reconfigure the kernel at all (I thought
that I'd have to). I accessed the tape by simply hooking it up
to my Adaptec 1542B at SCSI id# 1. Then to cpio to/from it I used:
cpio -[....] < /dev/ras1a
NOTE: I had to 'chmod o+r /dev/ras1a', I'm not sure if anyone else
would have to do this.
I'm probably going make a /dev/rmt0 and /dev/nrmt0 with appropriate
device numbers and permissions (when I figure out what they should
be)
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