ultrix disktab entry for an RF73?

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_uswest.net>
Date: Wed Nov 1 21:34:44 2000

Hi Paul,

Most of the information in /etc/disktab is useless nowdays. The
number of cylinders, heads, etc can safely be left out without
any problems.

What you do need is to decide on a partition table for the drive.
I usually choose the largest drive listed, copy it to my new drive,
and tweak the partitions covering the end of the drive to cover
the additional cylinders of my new drive. IE partitions a,b are the
same, c and h? are enlarged.

As to AltaVista, Netscape seems to have a problem with the Java
AltaVista uses to get stuff from doubleclick.net. This basically
locks netscape up (even disables button clicks in OTHER windows)
until it draws the stupid ad. I use I.E. to search, and Netscape
to surf :)

clint


On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Paul Thompson wrote:

> Greetings
>
> I have an elderly version of ultrix (4.2A) which knows nothing of disks of
> mind boggling capacity such as the two gigabyte RF73.
>
> Does anyone have a later version of Ultrix with the dimensions of this
> disk specified in the /etc/disktab file?
>
> (p.s. has anyone else noticed that Altavista seems to be lamed
> deliberately or otherwise so that Linux or Netscape clients can no longer
> search properly? I have noticed this for a couple of weeks...I go into
> work and use Internet Extorter on NT and everything is fine.)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Paul
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Received on Wed Nov 01 2000 - 21:34:44 GMT