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}
Thought for : Loathing the way "Don't cry for me Argentina" has
the day : been bastardized by Madonna into a 'disco' song.
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
>