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xp/sco 5.0.7 dual boot issues
Post 302114145 by stay0ut on Thursday 12th of April 2007 06:43:25 PM
04-12-2007
xp/sco 5.0.7 dual boot issues
Hello those more knowledgeable than I:
I have been trying to get xp and SCO to coexist on the same system. I have tried several different ways to make both work, here's the list:
-install xp, image it, move the partition to the end of drive, verify it boots, image again,
-boot off of SCO cd, install SCO, fdisk'ing to put SCO at beginning of drive, making partition active, complete install, reboot,
-boot SCO, edit /etc/default/boot for bootos loader, reboot,
-at BOOT: prompt bootos xp, get the SYS 0VF (i think) error when trying to get to xp.
ALSO Tried using SYSTEM COMMANDER:
--installed xp, syscom, moved partition, rebooted,
--syscom comes up, goto partitioning, os wizard(all defaults), tried changing settings but didn't work, reboot,
--at this point, syscom has unix boot selection along with xp, a:, and cdrom,
--choose cdrom to boot SCO cd, do the same installation, reboot,
--again, get the SYS 0VF error,
--reboot with syscom cd, reinstall syscom, XP loads, but there is no option for SCO. . .
--somehow get SCO option on syscom, choose it, syscom header comes up, but just beeps, no booting.
Ok, I think the SYS 0VF has to do with the MBR, is there a fix? a fix that makes everything work?
Is the bootos howto on the SCO cd accurate? Is bootos still viable? Is there something better?
I have tried every boot manager I could find. Help would be appreciated as I have been thrown into maintaining old SCO apps without any SCO experience.
I have been trying to get xp and SCO to coexist on the same system. I have tried several different ways to make both work, here's the list:
-install xp, image it, move the partition to the end of drive, verify it boots, image again,
-boot off of SCO cd, install SCO, fdisk'ing to put SCO at beginning of drive, making partition active, complete install, reboot,
-boot SCO, edit /etc/default/boot for bootos loader, reboot,
-at BOOT: prompt bootos xp, get the SYS 0VF (i think) error when trying to get to xp.
ALSO Tried using SYSTEM COMMANDER:
--installed xp, syscom, moved partition, rebooted,
--syscom comes up, goto partitioning, os wizard(all defaults), tried changing settings but didn't work, reboot,
--at this point, syscom has unix boot selection along with xp, a:, and cdrom,
--choose cdrom to boot SCO cd, do the same installation, reboot,
--again, get the SYS 0VF error,
--reboot with syscom cd, reinstall syscom, XP loads, but there is no option for SCO. . .
--somehow get SCO option on syscom, choose it, syscom header comes up, but just beeps, no booting.
Ok, I think the SYS 0VF has to do with the MBR, is there a fix? a fix that makes everything work?
Is the bootos howto on the SCO cd accurate? Is bootos still viable? Is there something better?
I have tried every boot manager I could find. Help would be appreciated as I have been thrown into maintaining old SCO apps without any SCO experience.
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mkfs.bfs
MKFS.BFS(8) System Administration MKFS.BFS(8) NAME
mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystem SYNOPSIS
mkfs.bfs [options] device [block-count] DESCRIPTION
mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device). The block-count parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks. If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used. OPTIONS
-N, --inodes number Specify the desired number of inodes (at most 512). If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48-512 is picked depending on the size of the partition. -V, --vname label Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used. -F, --fname name Specify the filesystem name. I have no idea if/where this is used. -v, --verbose Explain what is being done. -c This option is silently ignored. -l This option is silently ignored. -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Display version information and exit. Option -V only works as --version when it is the only option. EXIT CODES
The exit code returned by mkfs.bfs is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong. SEE ALSO
mkfs(8) AVAILABILITY
The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. util-linux July 2011 MKFS.BFS(8)