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Aucbvax.4072 net.2bsd-bugs utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!dist2 Sun Sep 27 01:57:48 1981 FIXED: a documentation bug affecting RM02 disks Re: xp handlers in 2.8bsd applied to rm02 disks. Note that RM02 disks place 025 in RMDT, hence the patching suggested on page 6 will be necessary as the xp driver chokes otherwise. I guess this is more a documentation weakness than a bug since a very careful reading and/or experience might make you recognize the boot failure as due to this.

The problem is that the xp driver assumes that a disk with drive type 025 is an Emulex SC-21V/300 Mb rather than an RM02. There are two files which must be changed. The raw document is doc/kernel.ms.

diff doc/kernel.ms.old doc/kernel.ms: 257c257 024 RM02/RM03 32/5

The nroffed document is located in kernel/src/cmd/standalone/tapes/instructions.

diff instructions.old instructions: 304c304 024 RM02/RM03 32/5

This change should be applied to all tapes made before 9/28/81.

Carl

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