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| May also be written as NeXTStep or NEXTSTEP. This is an operating system from [[NeXT]] originally designed for their m68k hardware. | | May also be written as NeXTStep or NEXTSTEP. This is an operating system from [[NeXT]] originally designed for their m68k hardware. |
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| Check out `gnutar --help' for more detailed info. | | Check out `gnutar --help' for more detailed info. |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ===How to recover from an partially formatted disk=== |
| + | <pre> |
| + | Often people (mostly on Intel) complain about a formatted disk (sometimes partially) due to an installation process error of some other OS. There is a chance to recover most of the data. The following assumes you are on Intel, other hardware user have to handle things much less complicated, but the way is similar: |
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| + | Prepare a new hard drive for booting |
| + | Don't try to repair the broken drive! |
| + | On Intel run fdisk to repartition the drive as it was before. If you are not able to do this, you are lost. Delete all evtl. new created partitions. By repartitioning, you won't loose data on the drive. |
| + | Run disk on the broken drive e.g. type disk -rsd1h. |
| + | Now scan the disk for superblocks by entereing the scan command at the interactive disk command prompt. |
| + | If your disk was partially formatted, use a higher superblock number to supply fsck with an new superblock. E.g. if a superblock was found at 3145 use fsck -b3145 -y /dev/sd1a (assuming the first partition is the broken one). |
| + | After this run, it is most important to reboot without syncing the drives! E.g. just turn off the computer without shutting down, or use the reboot -n command. |
| + | After rebooting the run fsck again, if it isn't done by the system itself. |
| + | You should be able to access the drive again now. Recovered files are placed in the /lost+found directory. |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ===How to use a tape drive=== |
| + | <pre> |
| + | Using Configure.app add the SCSITape driver to support any SCSI tape drives in the "Others" config. |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ===Adding fonts=== |
| + | <pre> |
| + | Adding a font to your system is as follows: |
| + | |
| + | -put your new font in |
| + | |
| + | /LocalLibrary/Fonts (for public use) |
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| + | or in |
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| + | ~/Library/Fonts (for private use) |
| + | |
| + | -in a terminal shell, type: |
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| + | buildafmdir /LocalLibrary/Fonts |
| + | |
| + | or |
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| + | buildafmdir /Users/yourname/Library/Fonts |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ===Upgrading hard disk=== |
| + | <pre> |
| + | Well, you need a formatting in 512 byte blocks and 'Target Initiated |
| + | Synchronous Negotiation' must should be disabled. (If you can't do that |
| + | it won't work as a boot disk, but as a secondary one.) |
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| + | IBMs DCAS 2G and DNES 9G Ultra SCSI drives are fine. |
| + | |
| + | A nice drive is the Seagate Medalist ST-51080N (->1.08GB) |
| + | Flat, quiet and cool. Speed is ok. |
| </pre> | | </pre> |
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| it. But otherwise, a reinstall may be the easier than tracking down the | | it. But otherwise, a reinstall may be the easier than tracking down the |
| real problem, which you may not be able to fix anyway. | | real problem, which you may not be able to fix anyway. |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ===Can't read multisession CD-ROMs=== |
| + | <pre> |
| + | Argh. Yes it's true. The original NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP drivers can't read multisession CD-ROMs. Only the first session can be used. If it is audio, CDPlayer is started if it's data it is just automounted to become accessable though Worksapce manager. |
| + | Luckily there is a commercial driver out there, which enables NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP to take advantage of multisession CD-ROMs. |
| + | |
| + | CDXA Driver |
| + | Price DM 48,- (about $US 30) |
| + | Uwe Tilemann |
| + | Tools GmbH |
| + | Adolfstr. 5 |
| + | D-53111 Bonn |
| + | GERMANY |
| + | |
| + | Phone: +49 0228 98580-0 |
| + | Fax: +49 0228 98580-17 |
| + | |
| + | WWW: http://www.Tools.DE/ |
| </pre> | | </pre> |
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| [[Category:Operating Systems]] | | [[Category:Operating Systems]] |