/etc/disktab entry for SyQuest cartridge
Mat Davis
davism at creatures.cs.vt.edu
Tue Sep 25 03:05:44 AEST 1990
In article <1467 at philtis.cft.philips.nl> grant at cft.philips.nl (Joe Grant) writes:
> can anyone help me with the correct definition in the /etc/disktab
> file or a SyQuest SQ400 cartridge. I tried phoning SyQuest tech.
>
>Joe Grant, Telex : 35000 phtc nl/nlmtfarr
>Philips B.V., Building HKJ-p833, Telefax : (31.40.7)37222
>P.O. Box 218, 5600 MD Eindhoven, E-mail : grant at nlccl.cft.philips.nl
>The Netherlands. Telephone : (31.40.7)34382
Here's the entry I use, derived from some information from SyQuest tech
support. There are three entries here because the drive supports three
sector sizes, but from what I've heard 512 bytes/sector should be the "normal"
one, so I have the name 'syquest' defined as the 512 bytes/sector entry.
# SyQuest 44M removable
#
SyQuest-256|syq256:\
:ty=winchester:ns#68:nt#2:nc#1275:
SyQuest-512|syq512|syquest:\
:ty=winchester:ns#34:nt#2:nc#1275:
SyQuest-1024|syq1024:\
:ty=winchester:ns#17:nt#2:nc#1275:
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Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
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