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UNIX Driver Disk Conversion

THIS PROCEDURE ASSUMES THAT AN SCO UNIX SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE WITH A 5 1/4"
FLOPPY AS THE A: DRIVE AND A 3 1/2" FLOPPY AS THE B: DRIVE

  1. Make sure 3 1/2" driver diskette is write protected.
  2. Make sure you are logged in as root with # prompt, and get into floppy disk file system creation program by typing: mkdev fd<ENTER>
  3. Choose option 2 (96TPI, DOUBLE SIDED 15 SECTORS PER TRACK) from the first menu.
  4. Reply to the following prompts:

    DO YOU WANT TO USE FLOPPY DRIVE 0 OR 1?

    Choose option 0.

    CHOICES FOR CONTENTS OF FLOPPY FILESYSTEM?

    Choose option 1 (FILESYSTEM).

    INSERT A 96DS15 FLOPPY INTO DRIVE AND PRESS <RETURN> TO CONTINUE OR Q TO QUIT.

    Insert a blank 5 1/4" disk into the A: drive and press <ENTER>.

    WOULD YOU LIKE TO FORMAT THE FLOPPY FIRST?(Y/N).

    Choose Y. System will now format and verify format of floppy.

    DO YOU WANT TO USE THE DEFAULT FILE SYSTEM TYPE AFS?(Y/N)

    Choose N.

    PLEASE ENTER A FILE SYSTEM TYPE FROM <AFS EAFS S51K XENX) OR Q TO QUIT.

    Choose S51K.

    Now you will be back to the first menu. Press Q to get back to a # prompt.

  5. Type: mount /dev/fd096ds15 /mnt<ENTER>.
  6. Type: mkdir /mnt2<ENTER>.
  7. Insert the 3 1/2" driver disk into the B: drive.
  8. Type: mount /dev/fd1135ds18 /mnt2<ENTER>.
  9. Type: copy -rom /mnt2 /mnt<ENTER>.
  10. Type: umount /mnt<ENTER>.
  11. Type: umount /mnt2<ENTER>.
  12. Now remove both floppy disks from the drives. You now have a 5 1/4" version of the Adaptec SCO Unix driver. You can install the driver using the installpkg program or use it as a boot time loadable driver for a fresh install.
If you are doing a fresh install using our driver as a boot time loadable driver, boot from N1 install diskette. When you get to the : prompt type in link<ENTER>. When the system asks which driver you wish to load type alad if you are using the 294x/aic7870 card/chip or arad if you are using the 274x/284x/aic7770 card/chip. You will be prompted to insert our driver disk. Put in our disk and follow the regular Unix installation procedure.


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