MVII Diags Chapter 2

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Mon Mar 18 15:52:07 2002

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote:

> Wow, so that goes without the cptape program. The power of UNIX
> shell scripting :-). But once you have the cptape copy, it's a
> one-liner sed command to convert the log file in a series of dd
> calls to write the stuff back, including the 80 byte blocks.

  No, I used cptape to get the files off the original, just a really
crufty script to put 'em back. And I have a brand new sed & awk
O'Reilly text sitting in the den.

> Of course, that doesn't fix your broken source tape.

  I dunno if the source tape is broken. I don't have any verified good
eqipment to test with it... I think the SCSI TK50 was the problem. I
do know that I have a problem with the RQDX3 board, or the distribution
board, or a cable. The fact that the MFM formatter was hanging led me
to think the Diags were busted, but further testing with both tapes says
that the RQDXA is failing. Bah!


        Doc
Received on Mon Mar 18 2002 - 15:52:07 GMT