shatara@memit.dec.com (Chris: 223-8753, TECHNOLOGY OFFICE, MLO1-4/T35) (05/15/89)
I'm having some strange problems with a putting a hard drive on a //gs. The Configuration: //gs 1.25 meg (Apple Exp card) RGB monitor 3.5" drive 5.25" drive AST VISION PLUS CARD MDIdeas stereo card Apple SCSI card tied to Seagate 30Meg drive GSOS I just got the disk set up and spent the past few days putting software onto it. I had the slots and the control panel set up as follows: SLOT CARD CONTROL PANEL 7 AST VISION "YOUR CARD" 6 SCSI "YOUR CARD" 5 empty SMART PORT 4 empty default 3 empty default 2 MDIdeas default 1 empty default boot slot = 6 All is fine so far. After many frustrating hours of running into software which I could not put on the hard disk and have run successfully, I decided to change the configuration to allow scanning to determine the boot device. I changed the cards as follows: SLOT CARD CONTROL PANEL 7 AST VISION "YOUR CARD" 6 empty default 5 empty SMART PORT (default) 4 SCSI "YOUR CARD" 3 empty default 2 MDIdeas default 1 empty default boot slot = SCAN Now the problem I have is when I boot GS/OS from EITHER the HARD DISK or the 3.5"disk, the drive bootS and gets me to the finder but I have no control over the mouse! Inserting a 3.5" disk will result in the volume name to appear on the desk top but without mouse control I can't do anything. If I didn't know better I'd say that you can't have the SCSI card in SLOT 4, contrary to the documentation. 1) Has anyone run into this before? 2) Is there anything wrong with the logic about? This seemed like the best comprimise. I'm really getting frustrated with all this. any help would be appreciated. /chris
IRPGMR7@OUACCVMB.BITNET (05/15/89)
Chris, This is going on the assumption that your SCSI card is Rev C.: You mentioned placing the SCSI card in slot 4 --- you're right it will disable your mouse on the //gs. Slot 4 is reserved for the mouse as the default. Select "Your Card" for slot 4 disables this ability. If this helps any (it works on my gs) here's my config: 7 Apple SCSI > Seagate ST277N Hard Drive (65 Meg) 6 Internal > Laser 5.25" Drive 5 Smartport > AppleDisk 3.5" 4 Internal 3 Internal > 1 meg Apple Expansion, RamKeeper, 1 meg GS-Ram + 2 Internal > Avatex 2400 1 Internal > ImageWriter I On occasion I have used 2 GS-Ram pluses along with 2 2 Meg expansions with the RamKeeper. Neither configuration gave me any problems... (By the way ---- that's 16 Meg. the reason I don't leave em in there is because I don't like the heat in the GS although I do have a System Saver on it.) However, I do boot from an AEROM disk (ROM Disk) that has RunRun on it. I didn't like having to boot ProDOS 16 everytime I wanted to use AppleWorks or any other ProDOS 8 program. I then run (from RunRun) the Prodos file in the root directory of the first partition of the hard drive. (Hope you kept track of that) David William Wrage a.k.a. The Frenchman 'I don't have a nifty saying yet, but I'll think of one.....' US Mail: Userid: 134 East Beechwood Estates IRPGMR7@OUACCVMB.BITNET Athens, Ohio 45701 United States of America
dvac@drutx.ATT.COM (Daniel Vachon) (05/16/89)
In article <8905141942.AA18398@decwrl.dec.com>, shatara@memit.dec.com writes > > Now the problem I have is when I boot GS/OS from EITHER the HARD DISK or the > 3.5"disk, the drive bootS and gets me to the finder but I have no control > over the mouse! > ... > 1) Has anyone run into this before? Yeah. The mouse needs to be set up for slot 4. Try putting your SCSI card in slot 7. A friend of mine has a gs and SCSI Warp drive, the Apple SCSI card sits in slot 7, 3-1/2" drives in 5, mouse in 4, floppies in 6, etc... > /chris Later -Dan Vachon-
blochowi@cat24.CS.WISC.EDU (Jason Blochowiak) (05/17/89)
In article <8905141745.aa09521@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> IRPGMR7@OUACCVMB.BITNET writes: > [All sorts of stuff I didn't include] >However, I do boot from an AEROM disk (ROM Disk) that has RunRun on it. >I didn't like having to boot ProDOS 16 everytime I wanted to use >AppleWorks or any other ProDOS 8 program. There was an article in Nibble (the most recent one, I think) that lets you boot either ProDOS 8 or 16, depending on the status of the Caps Lock key (source is, of course, included, so you can change which modifier key is used). I've installed it, and it's really nice... >David William Wrage a.k.a. The Frenchman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jason Blochowiak (blochowi@garfield.cs.wisc.edu) "Not your average iconoclast..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------