[29154] in Hotline Meeting
Re: decmips 7.7G: mtools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Coram )
Sat Jul 15 17:49:50 1995
To: cat@MIT.EDU
Cc: hotline@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 95 17:49:45
From: gjcoram@MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Coram )
Well, I did report it to hardware, and they told me that DEC had come out
and replaced the drive! Which left me to assume it was a software problem.
As I recall, the drive didn't even spin; it wasn't a problem reading.
Maybe the cables weren't attached properly. But you'd think the DEC tech
who replaced the drive would have checked it. I think when I compared the
files and links in /dev to the computer next to it, there were some
differences. But I'm neither a DEC nor a Unix guru.
FWIW.
GJC
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Sorry it took so long to respond to this. I was recently hired to look at
the backlog of bug reports.
This sounds more like a harware bug, and should have been sent to hotline.
I think that after all this time the bug has been taken care of, but
I will go to the machine and make sure.
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>Subject: decmips 7.7G: mtools
>Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 08:29:27 EDT
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>System name: m37-318-4
>Type and version: KN02ba 7.7G
>Display type: PMAG-BA
>
>What were you trying to do?
> use mtools to access my floppy: mdir and mcopy
>
>What's wrong:
>% mdir
>init: open "/dev/rfloppy": No such device or address
>
>What should have happened:
> obviously, it should have read the floppy. the
>drive didn't even spin; the light didn't go on
>(it's not a problem with my floppy, and it
>works on the computer right next to this one,
>which is of the same type
>
>Could someone please respond to this message? I've
>sent in a report before, but the problem persists.
>Are you just waiting for parts or something?
>
>GJC
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