I'm wondering if someone can tell me how I can access the hard drive in NS 3.3 once you've booted from a zip or Jaz drive? The hard disk does not show up in the workspace manager, how can I access it?
Thanks,
Keith
Quote from: "kdbeyer"I'm wondering if someone can tell me how I can access the hard drive in NS 3.3 once you've booted from a zip or Jaz drive? The hard disk does not show up in the workspace manager, how can I access it?
Thanks,
Keith
Keith,
If you've got a working/bootable zip/jaz drive image of NEXTSTEP 3.3/OPENSTEP 4.2, then the internal drive should just show up automatically once you've booted up & logged in. That is as long as the internal disk is working properly. Normally a disk will show up as /Disk. I used to switch between NS3.3/OS4.2 all the time back in the old days. You could also try mounting the internal drive: mount /dev/sd0a /mnt or /dev/sd1a /mnt, etc.
Good luck.
Thanks for the info. The internal hard drive does not show up automatically. I am using a scsi iomega zip 250 drive with NS 3.3. I have a mono slab with ROM 3.3 v.74 and a 1.2 GB Quantum HD.
However, when I went into terminal and typed the mount command you listed, that worked and the drive showed up in the Workspace manager.
Maybe this is not automatic in NS 3.3, but is in OS 4.2?
What I am hoping is that I can use my zip boot disk to boot the other NeXTStations I have and then upgrade the HD to NS 3.3 by using the MakeDisk utility from the zip drive. Anyone tried this?
I have the CD, but my other stations have ROM 2.5 v.66, and I can not boot from the CD with them. Worst case is I have to swap HD's with the slab with the newer ROM and upgrade them that way.
Thanks!
Keith
Quote from: "kdbeyer"What I am hoping is that I can use my zip boot disk to boot the other NeXTStations I have and then upgrade the HD to NS 3.3 by using the MakeDisk utility from the zip drive. Anyone tried this?
I've been doing this but not with a Zip. I'm using a 2 GB Jaz drive containing a complete NS 3.3 with all updates and of course a disktab entry for 100 MB Zips and 2 GB Jaz drives. All machines (including the old mono turbo) booted off that Jaz and got an installation from it. You only once have to "install" a NS 3.3 onto that Jaz - or Zip if there is enough space for a complete NS.
J
Hi Jenne,
Thanks for the info. What you have done is my plan. Just picked up a 2 GB Jaz drive and disks. I plan to load NS 3.3 w/developer, patches, etc. Then I can use that to get the HD's built. I also figured if the HD's ever die, I can just use the Jaz drive to run the operating system/software.
Thanks,
Keith