I connected an external 4GB Club Mac SCSI drive to my NeXTcube today that runs NeXTstep 3.3. Never really used Builddisk before but ran it. It appears to make a copy of a base system that maybe you can boot from later?
Anyway, all I wanted to do was format the drive in 2 partitions, 2GB each, so they could mount on my desktop and I can manually copy files and installers to it.
What I have now is a 2GB drive that does not auto-mount in the Workspace like my 135MB SCSI Syquest drive does (icon that appears on top shelf area of Workspace) but I do see an icon that represents the drive down in the body of the workspace.
So, is that how external SCSI drives supposed to act unless it is removable CD or Floppy or Syquest cart? I was expecting it to appear in the top sheld area automatically.
tj
TJ,
Only the first partition on your external HD will automount. To mount the other partition(s), you need to either edit your /etc/fstab file as here:
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1295&highlight=fstabOne error in the above post is it is not necessary to mkdir your mount point.
or you can use the mount command such as:
#su root
#mount /dev/sd1b /disk2
where /dev/sd1b is partition 2 of your second scsi disk and /disk2 is your mount point. your boot drive is always /dev/sd0, regardless of the physical scsi id setting, and the second lowest physical scsi id is always /dev/sd1, etc.
I hope this helps. Running NeXTSTEP is like driving a vintage Porsche with a manual transmission and no power steering.
Brian[/code]
Quote from: "bkmoore"TJ,
Only the first partition on your external HD will automount. To mount the other partition(s), you need to either edit your /etc/fstab file as here:
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1295&highlight=fstab
One error in the above post is it is not necessary to mkdir your mount point.
or you can use the mount command such as:
#su root
#mount /dev/sd1b /disk2
where /dev/sd1b is partition 2 of your second scsi disk and /disk2 is your mount point. your boot drive is always /dev/sd0, regardless of the physical scsi id setting, and the second lowest physical scsi id is always /dev/sd1, etc.
I hope this helps. Running NeXTSTEP is like driving a vintage Porsche with a manual transmission and no power steering.
Brian[/code]
Thanks for the tips.
How about it is like driving an old 1967 VW Bus like I have. hehehe
tj
TJ,
It's all the same car! The Porsche 356, VW Beetle, VW Microbus, Karmann Ghia, and several other cars all shared the same chassis. Dr. Porsche was a complete automotive genius.
This actually has to do with NeXT and is on topic. Steve Jobs sold his VW Microbus to raise the money to buy the components to build the first production run of Apple Computers.
Brian
Quote from: "bkmoore"TJ,
It's all the same car! The Porsche 356, VW Beetle, VW Microbus, Karmann Ghia, and several other cars all shared the same chassis. Dr. Porsche was a complete automotive genius.
This actually has to do with NeXT and is on topic. Steve Jobs sold his VW Microbus to raise the money to buy the components to build the first production run of Apple Computers.
Brian
Yup, I read that about Steve had a VW. I have 2. 1967 Westy and 1960 Single Cab.
tj
Quote from: "NeXTsociety"
Yup, I read that about Steve had a VW. I have 2. 1967 Westy and 1960 Single Cab.
tj
Nice! I had a '73 Westy for a while. I'd think about trading some body part for a single or dual cab... currently working on a '64 MGB. It has a totally different "fun quotient" than the VeeDubs. :)
Quote from: "Scutboy"Quote from: "NeXTsociety"
Yup, I read that about Steve had a VW. I have 2. 1967 Westy and 1960 Single Cab.
tj
Nice! I had a '73 Westy for a while. I'd think about trading some body part for a single or dual cab... currently working on a '64 MGB. It has a totally different "fun quotient" than the VeeDubs. :)
My website is long not updated but my Single Cab is on their. I had a Syncro and Thing and sold those. But, see my web site here.
http://www.vwhippie.comMy Single Cab has not run in years. Endless repairs now and has not driven for maybe 6 years now. I have my 67 in the shop for a Trannie over-haul as that was beyond my mechanical scope. I do the smaller things like brakes, etc...
tj
I always wanted a VW Type 1 "Samba Bus", the one 23 windows. In Germany the Bus is known as the "Bulli". The current Multivan doesn't have any of the character of its predecessors, and it is much too expensive. There aren't too many classic VWs on the road in Germany. I think the wetter and colder climate here is much harder on these old timers than in the SW USA.