[Coco] Re: Hard drive nightmare continues...

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 08:33, Bob Devries wrote:

>My personal take on this would be to suggest that the hard drive driver

> and descriptor are not right for the drive setup that they're being

> asked to work with.

>

>If this is a SCSI setup, the ID must be correct in the descriptor, and

> the driver must be the right one for *that* drive and controller.

>

>I have used SCSISYS with good results, but you do need to know some facts

>about the drive to make it work.


One of the limitations of SCSISYS is the drives address, only scsi id's 0-3 
are supported, which also matched the hardware if the hardware was Tony 
D's 4n1 controller.  Many drives came with the id jumpers set at #6, and 
that will get you what you are apparently getting IIRC.


>The automatic descriptor creation doesn't always work automajickly, IMHO.

>

>--

>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

>

>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me

>the capacity to be his spokesman,

>so that I know how to help the weary.

>

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>

>----- Original Message -----

>From: "Leon Howell" <puritan_2076 at yahoo.com>

>To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>

>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:02 AM

>Subject: [Coco] Re: Hard drive nightmare continues...

>

>> Leon Howell <puritan_2076 at ...> writes:

>>> I got the SuperDriver and was only dissapointed that it didn't come on

>>> a blue disk with a red & yellow label. But I guess silly marketing

>>> stuff isn't

>>> necesary with real computers, just pea seas.

>>

>> But you have to admit it would look kind of cool. just kep the disk

>> away from

>> kryptonite.

>>

>>> The drive, cable, controler, etc, work perfectly with RGB-DOS, so

>>> apparently

>>> the problem is that the NitrOS-9 drivers are not finding the drive or

>>> controller.

>>

>> They still aren't.

>>

>>> There are address jumpers inside the controller cartridge. What is the

>>> correct setting for them?

>>

>> Found them on cloud9tech.com. They were different. I changed them. It

>> still

>> doesn't work. And now I'm talking to my self on the internet.

>>

>> Would not having a terminator cause this problem?

>>

>> Somebody please help me.

>>

>> I've got to run now.

>>

>> They're coming to take me away.

>>

>>

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