Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:28:48 -0600 (CST) | From | Jim Roland <> | Subject | Re: Nostalgia: System V Release 2 filesystem |
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Unfortunately, the network card is hosed. It's a "noname", which the mfg can be identified by the chipsets, which are nearly all Western Digital chips (yes, WD).
-=>Jim Roland
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:
> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:46:25 -0800 > From: A Guy Called Tyketto <tyketto@wizard.com> > To: Jim Roland <jim@roland.net> > Subject: Re: Nostalgia: System V Release 2 filesystem > > On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 11:31:18PM -0600, Jim Roland wrote: > > Okay. I've decided that my journey down memory lane will not be alone. > > > > I have been the unfortunate soul to inherit an old Compaq 386 (100MB HD) > > with Interactive Systems' Interactive UNIX on it. It's one of the true > > Unixes complete with names stamped on it like Microsoft, AT&T, and > > Interactive Systems on it. Don't get me wrong, in it's day (1986) it was > > great. > > > > However, I am needing to mount the drive under Linux. I've searched for > > over 7-8 hours all over the net, kernel documentation, etc, but am unable > > to get the drive to mount. > > > > I've tried enabling all forms of UFS and SYSV file systems, with the > > appropriate -o ufstype=(whatever) options to mount, and I still get a bad > > superblock type error message. > > > > The old host OS for the drive is System V 3.2/3 (which is release 3, I > > believe). > > How about this.. If the kernel for the OS has any networking drivers > or so compiled into it, could you not drop in an ISA based NIC, and mount it > NFS, to get what you're looking for? It's a long shot, but it might work. I'm > pretty sure a Cabletron or 3com card could be added without any problems. Try > that, and see what you can see. > > BL. > -- > Brad Littlejohn | Email: tyketto@wizard.com > Unix Systems Administrator, | tyketto@ozemail.com.au > Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! :) | http://www.omnilinx.net/~tyketto > PGP: 1024/E9DF4D85 67 6B 33 D0 B9 95 F4 37 4B D1 CE BD 48 B0 06 93 >
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