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From: stark@cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386BSD] mtools, textmode, SCSI
Message-ID: <STARK.92Nov11143840@sbstark.cs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:38:40 GMT
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In-Reply-To: uwp@cs.tu-berlin.de's message of Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15: 30:52 GMT
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>Hi !
>Hm, I don't get many answers but I try it again.
>Is there anyone who made mtools accepting the dos-partition ?
>It don't work (not even with the entries described in FAQ).
Yes, I made it work, essentially following the instructions in the FAQ.
The only twist was to find the proper offset for the start of the DOS
area. I did this by running "od /dev/wd0d" and taking a couple
of guesses. The DOS stuff started after a long stretch of zeros.
Here is the relevant line from my "devices.c". I don't know whether these
parameters will work for you, but you might be able to use the same trial
and error technique.
{'C', "/dev/rwd0d", 19456L, 16, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 0, 0, 0}, /* HD */
(19456 is 046000 octal).
- Gene Stark