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RE: Introducing ZuluSCSI - varomix - 05-15-2025
(05-14-2025, 06:56 PM)robespierre Wrote: The password can be changed in-place to a different encrypted (13 character) passwd, by editing the specific disk block where it is stored. You don't need CDROMs or network servers to do that.How can I do this?
(05-15-2025, 03:08 AM)Podboy Wrote: I haven’t tried this myself, bc network install has been just too easy, but what what would stop someone from throwing the zuluscsi in an external enclosure, plugging that into the back of the octane, and proceeding to install from there?This is what I'm trying now, I think I can get an adapter and a cable to plug it on the external SCSI port.
(Actually curious)
RE: Introducing ZuluSCSI - kubatyszko - 07-05-2025
My unit just arrived in the mail and I'll be setting it up shortly (on a DEC Alpha).
I noticed that ISO CDROM emulation only supports 2048b sector size. Any chance of getting 512b support ? (Most "older" UNIX" systems use 512).
Thanks
RE: Introducing ZuluSCSI - legodude - 07-06-2025
512 is well supported
Check the zuluscsi manual
CD3_512.img will do it
RE: Introducing ZuluSCSI - aperezbios - 07-07-2025
as @legodude correctly pointed out, 512 byte sector CD-ROM drives have been supported by ZuluSCSI firmware since the very beginning, and its predecessor as well. What led you to believe otherwise? I'm genuinely curious.
RE: Introducing ZuluSCSI - kubatyszko - 07-07-2025
(07-07-2025, 05:28 AM)aperezbios Wrote: as @legodude correctly pointed out, 512 byte sector CD-ROM drives have been supported by ZuluSCSI firmware since the very beginning, and its predecessor as well. What led you to believe otherwise? I'm genuinely curious.
I was just reading the manual (updated a week ago, assuming it's recent) here https://github.com/ZuluSCSI/ZuluSCSI-firmware/wiki/ZuluSCSI-Manual
which does NOT mention 512byte support at all, together with seeing this sentence "Image files named "CDx.iso" or "CDx.img" will automatically be configured by the ZuluSCSI firmware as a removable SCSI CD-ROM drive, with a standard 2048-byte sector size." it all led me to believe 512b is simply not supported. (but I'll admit I didn't look any further).
Better yet, I cloned the zuluscsi git repo, gripped for "512" and any references I see there are for disk support, nothing for CD-ROM. Gripping for 2048 yields a lot of results in the ZuluSCSI_cdrom.cpp file though.... There isn't a single result for 512 in the ZuluSCSI_cdrom.cpp file...
Am I looking in the wrong place ?
Thanks
RE: Introducing ZuluSCSI - legodude - 07-07-2025
https://github.com/ZuluSCSI/ZuluSCSI-firmware
The first section here talks about 512byte block size
Also, the zuluscsi.ini file:
https://github.com/ZuluSCSI/ZuluSCSI-firmware/blob/main/zuluscsi.ini
I agree that some things in the manual could use updating/clarifying
RE: Introducing ZuluSCSI - kubatyszko - 07-07-2025
(07-07-2025, 11:00 AM)legodude Wrote: https://github.com/ZuluSCSI/ZuluSCSI-firmware
The first section here talks about 512byte block size
It does, but for HDD, no mention of 512b for CDROM. I'm just being picky.
Anyway, I'll give it a try.
Thanks