A/UX 2.0.1, ftp update, and MacSI problem

Kent Sandvik ksand at Apple.COM
Tue Apr 2 04:45:39 AEST 1991


In article <BARNETT.91Apr1103712 at grymoire.crd.ge.com> barnett at crdgw1.ge.com writes:
>Some people here had some unused copies of A/UX, 
>and when they finally tried to install it on a new MacSI, a failure occured.
>
>The report on the screen says (approximately. I got the info from a phone).
>-----
>Autorecovery
>SCSI reset
>disk c5d0s0 error: SCSI timeout
>generic disk c5d0s0 fatal error: logical block 0, physical block 195904
>(repeated three times)
>
>fsck: can't determine file system type of /dev/default
>fsck: no file system specified
>
>and finally
>
>chroot failed
>---------------
>
>We updated an external 80 Meg Apple disk using the 2.0.1 Update we got
>via ftp.
>
>This same disk worked fine with a MacCI, but when we moved the disk to
>a MacSI, we got the above error.  The user tells me the system
>software on the 80 Meg drive is 6.0.7.
>
>Any clues? 
>Do we need the A/UX startup files that the Floppy update provides?
>(We are also placing a call to Apple.)

Bruce, did they also have the StandAlone Shell A/UX *2.0.1* on the 
hard disk? If they use the 2.0 Sash with si they will get into
trouble.

Regards,
Kent Sandvik

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