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   I have problem installing mtools. I have mtools-2.0.7 downloaded and
try to compile it under Solaris. After I compiled it, I can't use it. It
always give me: init: open "/dev/rfd0c": Device busy

   Any clue?

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SY> I have problem installing mtools. I have mtools-2.0.7 downloaded
SY> and try to compile it under Solaris. After I compiled it, I can't
SY> use it. It always give me: init: open "/dev/rfd0c": Device busy

SY>     Some more information: I'm using an Axil workstation.

It sounds like mtools needs to be updated! (;-)

I'm fairly sure you have vold running [even though you didn't say what
rev of Solaris you're running! (;0(], and vold open the floppy(s) (and
CD-ROM(s)) exclusively.

To access the floppy via vold, you must:

        1. run "volcheck" from the command line somewhere, then

        2. access /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 (for raw floppy access)

Or, alternatively, you could tell vold to stop managing floppies.  To
do this, you would:

        1. become root

        2. edit /etc/vold.conf, commenting out the line that starts
           with "use floppy ..."

        3. either stop and restart vold (see /etc/init.d/volmgt), or
          reboot (sometimes easier)

BTW, why do you need mtools to access your floppy?  Solaris already
has PCFS (to some degree, anyway).
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 >SY> I have problem installing mtools. I have mtools-2.0.7 downloaded
 >SY> and try to compile it under Solaris. After I compiled it, I can't
 >SY> use it. It always give me: init: open "/dev/rfd0c": Device busy

 >and then later wrote:

 >SY>     Some more information: I'm using an Axil workstation.

 >It sounds like mtools needs to be updated! (;-)

There is a patch that has been out several years.  I believe I got the patch
from prep.ai.mit.edu://pub/gnu/, but am not sure.  I could not find a
pointer to the patch, so I include it at the end of this post (it is not
THAT long).

 >I'm fairly sure you have vold running [even though you didn't say what
 >rev of Solaris you're running! (;0(], and vold open the floppy(s) (and
 >CD-ROM(s)) exclusively.

 >To access the floppy via vold, you must:

 >   1. run "volcheck" from the command line somewhere, then

 >   2. access /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 (for raw floppy access)

 >Or, alternatively, you could tell vold to stop managing floppies.  To
 >do this, you would:

 >   1. become root

 >   2. edit /etc/vold.conf, commenting out the line that starts
 >      with "use floppy ..."

 >   3. either stop and restart vold (see /etc/init.d/volmgt), or
 >     reboot (sometimes easier)

 >BTW, why do you need mtools to access your floppy?  Solaris already
 >has PCFS (to some degree, anyway).

As a commandline-oriented user, I find it more orthogonal to manage dos
floppies with doslike commands than with unixlike commands.  (Of course, I
try not to manage DOS floppies any more than I have to!)

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 >Lee Duncan                                   Lee.Dun...@Central.Sun.COM

 >He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.  -- M. C. Escher

---------------------------src/mtools-2.0.7.solaris.patch--------------------
*** Configure.orig      Sat Apr  2 19:25:01 1994
--- Configure   Sat Apr  2 19:28:06 1994
***************
*** 47,52 ****
--- 47,54 ----

                UNIXPC  default devices for AT&T Unix PC 7300/3B1

+               SOLARIS default devices for Solaris 2.3 on a SPARCstation
+
                SPARC   default devices for SunOS 4.1 on a SPARCstation

                RT_ACIS default devices for 4.3BSD on an IBM RT
***************
*** 151,157 ****
                {'\0', (char *) NULL, 0L, 0, 0, (int (*)()) 0, 0, 0, 0}

!       for Sun SparcStation with:
                1.44m 3.5" as a: (supports 1.44m and 720k)

                {'A', "/dev/rfd0c", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*)()) 0, 80, 2, 18},
--- 153,170 ----
                {'\0', (char *) NULL, 0L, 0, 0, (int (*)()) 0, 0, 0, 0}

!       for Sun SparcStation with Solaris 2.3 and Volume manager running
!               1.44m 3.5" as a: (supports 1.44m and 720k)
!
!               {'A', "/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*)()) 0, 80, 2, 18},
!               {'A', "/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*)()) 0, 80, 2, 9},
!               {'\0', (char *) NULL, 0L, 0, 0, (int (*)()) 0, 0, 0, 0}
!
!               Note that the two devices are actually the same physical
!               device, and that only the number of sectors are
!               different.
!
!       for Sun SparcStation with SunSet OS 4.1:
                1.44m 3.5" as a: (supports 1.44m and 720k)

                {'A', "/dev/rfd0c", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*)()) 0, 80, 2, 18},
*** Makefile.orig       Sat Apr  2 19:06:34 1994
--- Makefile    Sat Apr  2 19:28:29 1994
***************
*** 8,13 ****
--- 8,15 ----

  # for Dell
  #CFLAGS       = -O -DDELL -DLOCKF
+ # for Solaris 2.x
+ #CFLAGS       = -O -DSOLARIS -DLOCKF
  # for Sparc
  #CFLAGS       = -O -DSPARC -DBSD -DFLOCK
  # for Xenix
***************
*** 14,20 ****
  #CFLAGS = -O -M2e -DINT16 -DXENIX -DLOCKF
  #LDFLAGS = -s -M2e -i -f 5000

! CFLAGS        = -O -DSPARC -DBSD
  LDFLAGS       = -s
  LD    = $(CC)
  LINT  = lint
--- 16,22 ----
  #CFLAGS = -O -M2e -DINT16 -DXENIX -DLOCKF
  #LDFLAGS = -s -M2e -i -f 5000

! CFLAGS        = -O -DSOLARIS -DLOCKF
  LDFLAGS       = -s
  LD    = $(CC)
  LINT  = lint
***************
*** 107,128 ****

  install: all
        -mkdir $(BINDIR)
!       for prog in $(PROGS); do install $$prog $(BINDIR)/$$prog; gln -sf ../mtools/$$prog ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin; done
!       install -c -m 644 Mattrib.1 $(MANDIR)/mattrib.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mcd.1 $(MANDIR)/mcd.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mcopy.1 $(MANDIR)/mcopy.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mdel.1 $(MANDIR)/mdel.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mdir.1 $(MANDIR)/mdir.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mformat.1 $(MANDIR)/mformat.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mlabel.1 $(MANDIR)/mlabel.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mmd.1 $(MANDIR)/mmd.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mrd.1 $(MANDIR)/mrd.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mread.1 $(MANDIR)/mread.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mren.1 $(MANDIR)/mren.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mtools.1 $(MANDIR)/mtools.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mtype.1 $(MANDIR)/mtype.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mwrite.1 $(MANDIR)/mwrite.$(MANEXT)
!       install -c -m 644 Mkmanifest.1 $(MANDIR)/mkmanifest.$(MANEXT)

  clean:
        rm $(PROGS) *.o core a.out tags TAGS
--- 109,130 ----

  install: all
        -mkdir $(BINDIR)
!       for prog in $(PROGS); do /usr/ucb/install $$prog $(BINDIR)/$$prog; gln -sf ../mtools/$$prog ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin; done
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mattrib.1 $(MANDIR)/mattrib.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mcd.1 $(MANDIR)/mcd.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mcopy.1 $(MANDIR)/mcopy.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mdel.1 $(MANDIR)/mdel.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mdir.1 $(MANDIR)/mdir.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mformat.1 $(MANDIR)/mformat.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mlabel.1 $(MANDIR)/mlabel.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mmd.1 $(MANDIR)/mmd.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mrd.1 $(MANDIR)/mrd.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mread.1 $(MANDIR)/mread.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mren.1 $(MANDIR)/mren.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mtools.1 $(MANDIR)/mtools.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mtype.1 $(MANDIR)/mtype.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mwrite.1 $(MANDIR)/mwrite.$(MANEXT)
!       /usr/ucb/install -c -m 644 Mkmanifest.1 $(MANDIR)/mkmanifest.$(MANEXT)

  clean:
        rm $(PROGS) *.o core a.out tags TAGS
*** devices.c.orig      Sat Apr  2 19:11:38 1994
--- devices.c   Sat Apr  2 19:24:24 1994
***************
*** 31,36 ****
--- 31,44 ----
  };
  #endif /* ISC */

+ #ifdef SOLARIS
+ struct device devices[] = {
+       {'A', "/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 80, 2, 18},
+       {'A', "/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 80, 2, 9},
+       {'\0', (char *) NULL, 0L, 0, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 0, 0, 0}
+ };
+ #endif /* SPARC */
+
  #ifdef SPARC
  struct device devices[] = {
        {'A', "/dev/rfd0c", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 80, 2, 18},
------------------------------end patch------------------------------

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