From: jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump) Subject: Re: Bernoulli/SyQuest Date: 1 Feb 1993 16:53:31 GMT
In article <1993Jan29.052926.25791@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> Adrian.Wallaschek@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Adrian Wallaschek) writes:
>jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump) writes:
>
>>>In article <727748701.AA34908@remote.halcyon.com> Chris.Bugosh@f340.n226.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Bugosh) writes:
>>>>Can I have some horror/success stories on setting up Linux on either of
>>>>these two boxes? I'd also know what controller you're using... I hear
>>>>that the controller that comes with the Bernoulli from Hard Drives
>>>>International doesn't work. Is the adapter that comes with the SyQuest
>>>>compatible? Thanks for any/all info.
>
>>>There are a couple of weaknesses in it though: (1) when a rather large
>>>buffer cache is being flushed to the Syquest, interrupts are turned off
>>>and the system in literally locked up until the write is done (which is
>>>slow since this is a Syquest), and (2) although the Syquest is a
>what do you expect a ST01 to be? Try an Adaptec and be happy ;-)
>Its not the syquest to lock you system it's the controller!
>
Yes, I realize this now.
>>>"mountable" hard disk, the partition table on the cartridge is only
>>>read once during boot up, so you are out of luck if you want to umount
>>>and mount a different cartridge while the system is up and running.
>Into what do you partition 44MB ? Ugh! Just put the file-system on the
>device not a partition. sd1 instead of sd1a! Partitioning is for disk-sizes
>that are really worth it!
I was told by the SCSI gurus to use sda1. Besides, partition table or
no partition table, previous versions of Linux (<= 0.99.3) would not
detect that the cartridge had been changed, which resulted in disaster.
There's no need for you to get snippy.
>>>Not that I'm complaining, though.
>If you'd complain, it would be about your own misunderstandings! ;-) *flame*
>
>prefect
[sarcasm on]
Forgive me, oh High and Mighty!
[sarcasm off]
john
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