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- From: mbg@world.std.com (Megan B Gentry)
- Subject: Re: Qbus SMD drive question, Kennedy 5300 and Emulex SC02/A
- Message-ID: <BzFu2G.61r@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <CMM.0.90.0.724409822.bqt@Bern.DoCS.UU.SE> <1992Dec16.160955.11185@cs.cornell.edu> <BzErMq.4D1@world.std.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 04:35:03 GMT
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- >I'm not familiar with the specific device, but if it isn't a piece
- >of Digital hardware, there is a possibility that FORMAT can't deal
- >with it. I'm going to look at the FORMAT sources and see what it
- >does, but I suspect that it tries to diddle the hardware directly,
- >and unless the non-dec hardware simulated an RP EXACTLY, this may
- >not work, but appear to, or vice versa.
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- I checked the sources and they do twiddle the hardware directly. The
- RP device you're using may not emulate an RP02/03 exactly.
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- What version of RT are you using?
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- Megan
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