paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette) (08/18/89)
I am having some trouble with the following configuration:
Amiga 2000 (1.3 rom, 1 meg 2 floppies, GOMF button)
Hardframe + ST296N
I can do a low-level format of the drive (HDFormat?) just fine, then I can
run RDPrep to set up partitions and the like again with no problems.
I use the following number to give me as close to the full 165851 blocks on the
drive as possible. (anyone else got better numbers?)
# of heads: 7 # of blocks per track: 24 # of cylinders: 987
( 7 * 24 * 987 = 165816)
I have used the following info for RDPrep:
FileSystem L:FastFileSystem (other filesystem stuff are the defaults)
Partition 1 Name DH0 Start Cyl 1 End Cyl 184 (15meg) Boot Priority 3
Partition 2 Name DH1 Start Cyl 185 End Cyl 677 (40meg) Boot Priority 2
Partition 3 Name DH2 Start Cyl 678 End Cyl 924 (20meg) Boot Priority 1
Partition 4 Name DH3 Start Cyl 925 End Cyl 987 (5meg) Boot Priority 0
(DH0 is system commands, etc.. DH1 is work area DH2 is games area and
DH3 is temp storage/scratch area)
BUT then when I reboot the machine the HardFrame docs say that the newly
created partitions should be 'automounted'. I then try to actually format
the partitions: 'format drive dh0: name System_Drive quick ffs', all
I get back is 'Drive not found'. Info also shows no DH? drive at all..
I have tried to self-test on the Seagate drive and it passes it just fine.
(What?? You've never heard that ALL Seagate drives have a built in self
check mode?? I'll give more info on that in a later message) Therefore
it can't be the drive. I called MicroBotics and the guy there does not
think it sounds like a controller problem either. (ie both the low level
format and the RDprep semm to work just fine, they don't complain at all.
Anyone have any ideas?
Trev
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calgary!paquette@cs.ubc.ca ||16 tonnes| Hard Hat areajdm@gryphon.COM (John Mesiavech) (08/20/89)
Trev; Did you remember to reseat the autoboot jumper? The hardFrame is shipped with a jumper moved one space. It's documented in the UserGuide at the autoboot enable/disable jumper. For any drive to be automounted this jumper must be SET (ie. moved over one place on the board, so that the bridge is made. It's shipped in the unmade position) Do this, and the partitions will appear. The reason why the jumper is shipped disabled is simple..... You see, if the jumper is connected, the HardFrame will try to autoboot from the drive, and go into orbit, since the drive isn't Amiga- format. John P.S> I have no relation with Microbotics other than as a very satisfied customer. -- 0-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> All disclaimers apply; I didn't write this <-=-=-=-=-=-0 | ----------------------|------------------- | | "I want a New Duck | John Mesiavech | | One that won't try to bite | net.soldier.of.fortune | | One that won't chew a hole in my socks | {backbone}!gryphon!jdm | | One that won't Quack all night" | Go Purdue! (by req) | | Weird Al Yankovic, "I Want a New Duck" | | 0-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-0