@edfair......yes, of course, you are correct. Should be ds18. I've now edited my post#3. Thanks.
(It's been so long since I used SCO it's difficult to remember.)
Therefore.....
should tell you the floppy type: filesystem, cpio or tar
and
should mount it if it is type filesystem.
/dev/fd0 may well be able to be used instead of /dev/fd0135ds18 if the system is configured that way.
Hello Moto
I hope someone can help
We's here at work, have a unix box with sco openserver 5 on it, so it has a nice gui interface.. and also a fair few windows computers..
a system admin guy b4 me, has set up a user called neil, which can, when u try to access the unix box using windows... (2 Replies)
I cannot install sco on this particular ibm server because sco cannot find the raid controller and thefore the logical drive.
I have a floppy disk that I use in other machines when boot: shows on the screen. I usually type restart link=ad320 and it works but this time i have no floppy drive.
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Hi my name is Danilo.
I'm trying to install Sco foxbase + 2.1.2d. When i tried to install it with "custom" command, i receive the error:
"sed: cannot open: ./tmp/perms/prep/*/prep.message: No such file or directory (error 2)
The Operative System is Sco Open Server 5.0.7v (the virtualized version... (1 Reply)
Hi my name is Danilo.
I'm trying to install Sco foxbase + 2.1.2d. When i tried to install it with "custom" command, i receive the error:
"sed: cannot open: ./tmp/perms/prep/*/prep.message: No such file or directory (error 2)
The Operative System is Sco Open Server 5.0.7v (the virtualized version... (1 Reply)
I have a CD SCO Unix Open Server Version 5.0.2 but I am missing the botable 1.44 floppy disk.Can any one please tell me where can I download the botable disk? Also I have HP Pavillion 512 MB RAM and 20 GB Hard disk can I use this machine for the installation of SCO Unix?
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
format
FORMAT(1) General Commands Manual FORMAT(1)NAME
format - format a PC floppy diskette
SYNOPSIS
format [-v] device [media-size [drive-size]]
DESCRIPTION
Format allows a user with read-write permission to device to format a floppy. Either one of the special floppy devices must be used, see
fd(4), or an automatic device may be used with the size of the floppy specified on the command line. Two sizes must be given when format-
ting a low density diskette in a high density drive. For example:
format /dev/at1
format /dev/fd1 1200
format /dev/fd1 360 1200
The first two commands format a 1.2M diskette, the last formats a 360k diskette in a 1.2M drive. A 1.44M drive knows when it's dealing
with a low density floppy, so all these commands format a 720k diskette:
format /dev/fd0 720
format /dev/fd0 720 1440
format /dev/ps0
No sizes may be specified when using a special floppy device, a size must be specified when using an automatic device.
OPTIONS -v Verify the process by reading each track after formatting it. Formatting is normally blind, the controller has no idea whether it
succeeds or not. Use -v on a new box of cheap diskettes, or on a diskette that may have gone bad. Verifying will increase format-
ting time by 50%.
SEE ALSO mkfs(1), fd(4).
DIAGNOSTICS
Numbers will be printed on standard output to show that it is busy. The locations of bad sectors are printed on standard error when veri-
fying. The exit code is zero unless there are too many bad spots.
AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
FORMAT(1)