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@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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