spencer@usc-oberon.UUCP (Randy Spencer) (07/05/86)
General question for anyone on the net who uses the 5 1/4" drive with the
Amiga as a data drive. Here is the question:
Any problems?
I was originally having problems rarely. Twice the disks had crashed and
needed to be reformatted. Sometimes it wouldn't reformat, not being able
to verify the highest tracks (up near 39). I though that it might be pos-
sible that the drive was overheating, but that turned out not to be the
case. It just got worse and worse. I finally had to change the devs:
file called "mountlist" It turned out that if I set it to only go to 39
columns it was not so bad. But that is now. What is going to happen in
the next few weeks? I only get a 90 day warrenty, I can't tell if it is
the disk or the software. I don't seem to have this problem with IBM
mode, but then it don't try to put 440K on that disk.
Please, please, please... someone who knows... should I take the drive
back? Is this supposed to happen this way?
As always, thanks, good to have this forum around.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------spencer@usc-oberon.UUCP (Randy Spencer) (07/05/86)
> case. It just got worse and worse. I finally had to change the devs: > file called "mountlist" It turned out that if I set it to only go to 39 > columns it was not so bad. But that is now. What is going to happen in > the next few weeks? I only get a 90 day warrenty, I can't tell if it is > the disk or the software. I don't seem to have this problem with IBM > mode, but then it don't try to put 440K on that disk. Oops! I am sorry, that is: I changed the devs: file called 'mountlist' It turned out that if I set it to 35 tracks it would verify them all. Never watch a movie while posting news... -- ============================================================================== ....I disclaim everything, I had nothing to do with it, it's not my fault!.... Randal Spencer - DEC, {amiga} Consulting - University of Southern California phone: (213) 743-5363 Arpa:Spencer@USC-ECL,USC-Oberon Bitnet:Spencer@USCVAXQ UUCP:...up to you!{{decvax,ucbvax}!sdcrdcf,scgvaxd,smeagol}!usc-oberon!spencer Home: 937 N. Beverly Glen Bl. Bel Air California 90077 (213) 470-0428 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------