> 
> Question:
> 
> I have A MicroVAX-II, 16MEG RAM and a brand new CMD SCSI-II card with
> two HP 1.2GIG hard disks.  Right now it is running VMS 5-3 just fine
> and the HP disks are treated as RA90's by the CMD controller.  I'm also
> told that the CMD is COMPLETELY compatiable with DEC's products.
> 
> I've downloaded the TK50 files "TK50-FILE1-10a" and "TK50-FILE2-10a"
> from "/pub/NetBSD/arch/vax/tk50" at "ftp.netbsd.org" and I also grabbed
> everything in the "binaries" directory there too.  I've generated the
> boot tape and have that booting just fine.
> 
> Now for the question, the "README.EDLABLE" file it talks about the file 
> "disktab" to help with determining everything needed for hard disk parameters 
> needed for edlabel.  Where exactaly is that file and do I really need it 
> (I guess yes).

This file resides normally in /etc/disktab. It contains descriptions on
geometry and partitionsizes for several disks. It provides information for the
commands newfs and disklable. I have never seen this file on NetBSD because 
it not boots an my uVAXII.
The file tk50-file2-10A contains IMHO two files 1. /etc/disktab 2. a file
named disktab.preinstall. Search in this files an try an entry that matches
for :pc (size of the entire disk in 512byte blocks) your 1.2GB disks.
New SCSI-disks has no "geometry". You can translate this yourself:

:pc = ns * nt *nc 

:pc -> numer of 512 byte sectors of your disks
ns  -> numer of sectors pre track
nt  -> number of tracks per cylinder (eg. heads)
nc  -> number of cylinders

I hope this helps you and you can read my poor english :-(


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