stevem@hal.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters) (10/20/89)
I have two different problems on two Amigas: On my home A1000, my system sometimes hangs during the disk validation process. Most often this happens when I put in a different disk in a drive (either DF0: or DF1:). Sometimes this happens during the validation at the end of the LOADWB process. The problem is quite intermittent...I will go for weeks without seeing it, then it may happen every day for a week. Sometimes only the drive will "hang," with the drive light on and the motor running, while the rest of the system continues to operate (A GURU is always imminent after one or two more operations, however). My system contains a A1000 with a 2Mbyte Starboard expansion, one external drive, printer, and modem. I have installed and use ARP1.3 (this problem existed before I installed ARP), ARexx, and RSLClock, all of which load during the boot sequence. Problem 2: Our work A2000 has developed a strange quirk. It will fail to boot if the Hayes modem attached to the serial port is powered up. The BINDDRIVERS program will hang immediately after the first hard disk access. The hard drive access light remains off but the internal drive (df0:) light stays lit. This problem developed recently, appearently after WB1.3.2 was installed. When I get a little time, I am going to try to restore the original WB1.3 and see if the problem dissapears. ARP1.3 is on the hard drive, but the WB1.3.2 commands are assigned to the C: device and are the only ones used. In every case, if the modem is powered down, the boot sequence will proceed sucessfully. Replys via either the News or mail are welcome. The second problem is more of a minor annoyance; the first problem has caused a great deal of grief and lost work. Any ideas for the resolution of these problems will be appreciated. Stephen E. Masters ENSCO, Inc. Melbourne, FL 32935 stevem@hal.CSS.GOV
limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) (10/21/89)
In article <186@hal.CSS.GOV> stevem@hal.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters) writes: > Problem 2: > > Our work A2000 has developed a strange quirk. It will fail to boot > if the Hayes modem attached to the serial port is powered up. The > BINDDRIVERS program will hang immediately after the first hard disk > access. The hard drive access light remains off but the internal drive > (df0:) light stays lit. This problem developed recently, appearently > after WB1.3.2 was installed. When I get a little time, I am going > to try to restore the original WB1.3 and see if the problem dissapears. > ARP1.3 is on the hard drive, but the WB1.3.2 commands are assigned > to the C: device and are the only ones used. In every case, if the > modem is powered down, the boot sequence will proceed sucessfully. I had this same problem. I noticed it when I got my GVP 2000/2 and 1.3 (1.2 kickstart... still) but it might not relate to that. Everytime I mention it to someone they look at me as if I'm insane or something. I guess that looks like this: >:-| or maybe <:-? I guess I should ask that on comp.sys.smilie :-) That was with a modem (VolksModem 1200) that didn't hangup if you rebooted. Now I'm on a digital BPX and my connection to the modem pool disconnects if the computer isn't on. (which sucks... bad design decision IMHO). > Stephen E. Masters -- Drew University -- Tom Limoncelli C M Box 1060 -- limonce@pilot.njin.net limonce@pilot.rutgers.edu P O Box 802 -- tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet <<<-has a "T" in it. Madison, NJ 07940 -- 201-408-5389 ...!rutgers!njin!limonce