A/UX: How To Partition 45MB Removable Drive



I would like to format and partition a 45MB removable cartridge for use with
A/UX. Because HD SC Setup does not recognize the Mass Microsystems 45MB
removable drive, can this be done? I seem to remember a command called
"dformat" from prior UNIX experience with a Plexus machine.

According to Mass Microsystems, their 45MB removable drive does not work under
A/UX at this time. It works only under Macintosh OS.

Fortunately, we found a solution by the Usenet comp.unix.aux newsgroup at
Stanford University. They posted a fix for the SyQuest SQ555 44MB (and
possibly other) removable hard disk drives to work under A/UX 1.1.

We tried the patch program under Macintosh OS, and it does work under A/UX 1.1.
Basically, the patch program sets the Error Page Parameter correctly so that
the parameters are compatible with A/UX.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012