Linux / Sco Stuff.

[RtX]

Job is done. Success! Yes, SCO UNIX has not kicked my ass yet, even on
an old 486!

Before I tell how I want to thank everyone for their help and support.
You all are great!

I located a working 50-pin SCSI 1.2 GB tape drive with tape, and
simply made a tar backup with this drive, added the drive and SCSI
card to the new server and untarred from backup. Works like buttuh! I
did not have this drive before and didn't know I would have it when I
started the thread. I was hoping to get the same thing done
(basically) by using a SCSI HDD. Still no joy on that front. I found
out that SCO 3.2 does not have full DOS filesystem support (only for
floppies) and this is why I had so much trouble with the HDD.

BTW - The software in question here is "Keypoint" software. It's
mainly for the trucking industry but maybe more. They are still
pushing SCO UNIX for their products. I asked about a Linux port for my
clients as I wanted to get them off of SCO and on to something a
little more flexible. They have made it work on Linux before.
Specifically RedHat Enterprise Server. I'm doing it in Debian. Wish me
luck...

On 12/8/06, David Nicol <davidnicol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have NEVER seen a 486 with USB ports.
>
> first generation USB happened before ISA went completely out of fashion,
> so ISA USB cards may exist in such places as Oren's barn. (i think)
>
> >  Thus drive removal is a viable method. And pinout not being mentioned
> > aside- there are adapting plugs/cables out there and should be trivial to
> > find.
>
> we still have the "but then what" question, which is, what FS does SCO use,
> and what partitioning scheme, and so on.  If you attach the drive in question
> to the SCSI bus of a machine with a knoppix 4.0 CD in the cupholder
> and power cycle, will it automount?  Alternately, if you attach a SCSI CD reader
> to this machine, can you boot from it?  I think I have one of those
> sitting around
> gathering dust at this time.
>
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