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Conference smurf::dec_mls_plus

Title:dec_mls_plus
Moderator:SMURF::BAT
Created:Mon Nov 29 1993
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:534
Total number of notes:2544

519.0. "V3.1A support disk on EISA bus on 2100?" by SMURF::BAT (Segui la tua beatitudine) Wed May 21 1997 18:56

From: Edward Lee USG <lee>
Message-Id: <9705131313.AA28009@kamlia.zk3.dec.com>
Subject: Does MLS+ V3.1a support device on EISA bus on 2100 alpha server ?
To: bossec
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 09:13:47 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: lee (Edward Lee USG)

One of MLS+ customers wished to repartition a 2G disk and he ran into problem:

>Regarding the 2G disk problem:
>> the disk is rz28-va
>> the disk is on a EISA bus in a 2100 alpha server
>> the OS is DEC MLS+ 3.1A with patch level 10
>>
># disklabel -rw /dev/rre0a rz28
>partition c extends past end of disk by 144 sectors, truncate? [n]:
>disklabel: /mdec/reboot: No such file or directory
>
>What I usually used is /dev/rrz?? too.  I believe rz?? is for SCSI device.
>As I mentioned, /dev/rre?? is from EISA bus connection.  Can you confirm that
>device on EISA bus (in 2100 alpha server) is supported by MLS+ 3.1a? or not?

We found out that on V3.1a there is no /mdec/reboot executable and Lee's
guess is that MLS+ V3.1a does not support the device on EISA bus (in 2100 
alpha server). Can anyone confirm it ? Thanks,

Ed
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