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Mounting CD ROM in Digital Unix...

yetanother**ixuser
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Who joined May 21, 2004, 4:47 a.m.
Wrote the following at Oct. 25, 2014, 6:02 a.m...
I want to upgrade the firmware on this old Alphastation 200, but i'm unable to mount the firmware cd.

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# file /dev/rrz*c
rrz6c: character special (8/6146) SCSI #0 RRD43 disk #48 (SCSI ID #6 ) (SCSI LUN 0 ) errors = 0/6 offline

mount -t cdfs -o noversion /dev/rz6c /cdrom
/dev/rz6c on /cdrom: No such device

# uname -a
OSF1 alphastation V4.0 386 alpha


whats wrong?
no plan
Stoo
Who joined July 26, 2010, 9:13 a.m.
Wrote the following at Oct. 25, 2014, 8:19 a.m...
Because it's /dev/rrz6c not /dev/rz6c?
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The boxen are breeding... help!
yetanother**ixuser
From Flynn's Arcade
Who joined May 21, 2004, 4:47 a.m.
Wrote the following at Oct. 25, 2014, 8:33 a.m...
Stoo wrote: Because it's /dev/rrz6c not /dev/rz6c?



/dev/rrz6c is the char device and /dev/rz6c is the correspondig block device for mounting.
no plan
foetz
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Who joined April 14, 2003, 4:34 a.m.
Wrote the following at Oct. 25, 2014, 8:34 a.m...
according to the digital unix 4.0d docs not using the raw device is correct

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mount -rd -t cdfs -o rrip /dev/rz4c /usr/share/doclib/online


does the cdrom work otherwise? i mean you're sure the gear is fine?
r-a-c.de
yetanother**ixuser
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Who joined May 21, 2004, 4:47 a.m.
Wrote the following at Oct. 25, 2014, 9:32 a.m...
foetz wrote: according to the digital unix 4.0d docs not using the raw device is correct

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mount -rd -t cdfs -o rrip /dev/rz4c /usr/share/doclib/online


does the cdrom work otherwise? i mean you're sure the gear is fine?


yes, the drive is ok, downgraded to digital unix 3.0F. it seems that cdfs support is not included in the standard dgux kernel, which give me some warm lols *gg*. after the rebuild the mount command works. unfortunatly the files on the cdrom are corrupt.
so next question is, how do i mount a fat formated floppy without installing mtools?
no plan
foetz
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Wrote the following at Oct. 25, 2014, 11:16 a.m...
yetanother**ixuser wrote: downgraded to digital unix 3.0F. it seems that cdfs support is not included in the standard dgux kernel

erm, wait. are you having that problem with dg/ux or digital unix?
r-a-c.de
yetanother**ixuser
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Who joined May 21, 2004, 4:47 a.m.
Wrote the following at Oct. 26, 2014, 2:04 a.m...
ahh sorry, forgot that data general even exists. this is about digital unix.
no plan