Subject: Re: SMD disks, WangTek-5150ES & stuff
To: None <wonko@uscom.com>
From: David Brownlee <david@mono.org>
List: port-sun3
Date: 02/12/1997 11:38:03
	NetBSD sun3 should be able to read a standard SunOS formatted
	disk, be it SCSI or SMD. In fact newfs -O should create a
	SunOS readable 4.3BSD filesystem :)

		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Wonko the Sane @ ~ wrote:

> i'm going to be getting a couple SMD disks for my Sun3/180's and was asked by
> the donor to let him look at the disks after i get them online and before i
> wiped them for NetBSD.  i _think_ they are SunOS format drives, but i'm not
> sure.  if they are SunOS format drives and not bootable, will NetBSD be able
> to at least get them mounted in read-only mode?  can i boot from my WangTek-5150ES
> and scoop everything off of them??
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -wonko
>