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Date:      Sat, 21 Dec 1996 19:03:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      "E. Lakin" <pharaoh@u.washington.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   older MO drive help
Message-ID:  <Pine.A32.3.95.961221184849.21928A-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu>

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I've just purchased an older magneto-optical drive that i'd like to use w/
FreeBSD. The drive is a PMO-650, made by Pinnacle Micro. It uses 5 1/4"
double-sided carts (of which i only have one...anybody know where to get
more? =)  When my system boots up, this is what is detected:

	(ahc0:3:0): "PINNACLE OHD-650 2.40" type 0 removable SCSI 2
	sd2(ahc0:3:0): Direct-Access 40MB (576999 73 byte sectors)

I have been unable to access the drive, however. Well, more correctly, i
get the following error:

	# fdisk /dev/rsd2
	sd2: Can't deal with 73 bytes logical blocks
	Debugger("sd") called.
	Cannot open disk /dev/rsd2 (Device not configured)

the cart says 512 byte/sector. Also, DOS formats a side as 281 MB, not 40.
So, i have no idea how, or if, i can use this drive! any help would be
appreciated! 

	--eric lakin




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