Subject: Re: CDs and drives... (was Re: IIsi installer/running error(s)
To: Steve Bowers <gargle@tcp.co.uk>
From: Space Case <wormey@eskimo.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/14/1996 23:17:44
On Apr 15, 4:21am, Steve Bowers wrote:
>Err... I don't think this is correct is it? On my system I have as follows:
> netbsd drive allocation
>1/2 gig internal quantum SCSI id 0 sd0
>100 meg external quantum SCSI id 2 sd1
>NEC CDROM (external) SCSI id 3 cd0 <- has its own allocation
>40 meg external apple SCSI id 4 sd2
>Zip drive SCSI id 5 sd3
>
>and hence it doesn't make any difference if the CD is on or off.
The MacSide utils cannot tell the difference between a CDROM and a hard
drive. If the CDROM is on while running the installer, it will misidentify
the CDROM as sd2, and the apple and zip drives become sd3 and sd4.
~Steve
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