CJMEYERS%SUNRISE.BITNET@suvm.acs.syr.edu (05/26/89)
If you can help, please E-mail me directly... This distribution has swamped
my mailbox, and I can't afford to stay directly linked to it -- Thanks!!
Hello there!
I've been having many troubles with ASDG's VD0: Ram Drive, and I'm
hoping someone can help me...
My computer: A-1000, with 512k of ram @ $80000. [yep, I hacked it
in!]
My startup sequence:
FailAt 10 ;Not without the extra memory, We're not!
Setpatch
Make512K >Nil:
Addmem 80000 FFFFF
Mount VD0: Startproc ; ARP 1.3 - Startproc starts driver
Shell S/Shell-Startup ; Drew-Dillon-Borreo 3.03A Shell
I have both the addmem that clears memory, and the one that does
not (as far as I know) - Neither makes any difference. I will use
AddMemForever when I seek and find a couple of cold solder joints that
are still lurking (they make the memory occassionally unreliable :-) )...
My mountlist is the one that ASDG provides, with the exception that
HighCyl is set to 31, and BufMemType is 5.
I can mount the device, write to the device, list the device's
directory, and delete files. But, if I try to read the files: Boom!
Read/Write errors. The device is also _not_ recovering.
I called ASDG, and they were unhelpful, to say the least. Whoever
answered the phone even asked me if I had registered the product!!! I'm
not inclined to register somthing that can't be made to work :-) . I do not
know what Perry Kivolowitz's e-mail address is, but if anyone knows, I'd
appreciate the chance to ask him this directly. He wasn't in when I
called.
Hope someone can HEAAALLLPP! me....
Steve Winokur
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug "It's A Feature" Merritt) (05/29/89)
In article <16276@louie.udel.EDU> CJMEYERS%SUNRISE.BITNET@suvm.acs.syr.edu writes: > I called ASDG, and they were unhelpful, to say the least. Whoever >answered the phone even asked me if I had registered the product!!! I'm >not inclined to register somthing that can't be made to work :-) . I do not Considering that vd0: is a well made and robust piece of software, and that clearly your problems have to do with something either in your flakey hardware, or possibly in your startup-sequence (which violates ASDG's instructions to mount vd0: before doing other stuff), I don't blame them. It's worked fine for me and for friends of mine for years. I don't use "make512K" and don't know what it does, but I suggest you try vd0: on a vanilla startup-sequence that follows their recommendations. Also why don't you try using the standard mountlist entry instead of trying your own modifications before you can get vd0: to work at all! It's really astonishing that people don't bother to try recommended installation procedures, and then complain when their ill-thought-out mods don't work. Being methodical goes a long way. Final suggestion: just buy AmigaDOS 1.3 and use the recoverable ram disk that comes with it. >If you can help, please E-mail me directly... This distribution has swamped >my mailbox, and I can't afford to stay directly linked to it -- Thanks!! That's just too bad...my experience is that it is close to impossible to mail to someone on bitnet (from Usenet). I quit trying over a year ago. For this sort of reason, it's considered both wise and polite to stay tuned to a group long enough to see posted answers. You can always use some kind of software tool to search for only the subject lines that address your question, after all. I realize you don't have 'rn' but there's always *some* way. Doug -- Doug Merritt {pyramid,apple}!xdos!doug Member, Crusaders for a Better Tomorrow Professional Wildeyed Visionary "Welcome to Mars; now go home!" (Seen on a bumper sticker off Phobos)