carpent@coltrane.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) (05/11/89)
I have been having ST506 disk trouble. I posted earlier on the net, and received quite a few replies. The net police also announced their existance, and informed me that I sinned. See, I was posting on the basis of rumors, and neglected to post *real* data, such as mountlist info. I repent of my errant ways, and swear off rumors. However, the beast still does not work (despite the people offering help). I conclude I did not give enough real information. What I wish to do: I have a Rodime 5090 ST506 Hard drive I wish to install on my system. My SCSI is *much* faster, so I prefer to boot off it instead of the ST506. Barring this, I will simply have a small partition on the ST506 which mounts the SCSI and continue booting from that (much like my OFS partition on the SCSI). The ST506 will be used for image storage, etc. It will be FFS. (except for the OFS initial partition) How things really worked: > mount res0: (AmigaDOS mount, not ARP) > PREP res0: (answer very straightforward questions. Mainly matching the mountlist) (first partition is 2->19) (told to reboot. I do so) blue screen, requestor pops up with message: NOT A DOS DISK IN UNIT 1 (so I turn it off, reboot again, once running, turn it back on, let it spin up for some time.) > mount res0: > format drive res0: name "BH0" INSERT DISK... formatting cylinder 0, 1 to go done > info dh0: DH0: No disk present (if I do anything to res0: I get the NOT A DOS DISK IN UNIT 1) My (unenlightened) feeling is that the trouble is during the PREP. Why? Sometimes Prep doesn't work. And I don't think I should get the "NOT A DOS DISK" when I reboot, after the prep, before the format. I also had a large first partition, which *seemed* to format (lights blinked, the servo moved), but I received the same requestor in the end. Part of my earlier trouble (I'm ashamed to say) was Reserved = 0, and FFS initial partition. (I thought since my SCSI had an OFS, I could get away with it). I fixed that, but to no avail. My system: ST-506: Ro5090 (the errant beast) 7 heads 1218 cylinders 17 sectors/track 5 MHz xfer 90MB SCSI: (rodime) (works great) B2000 ditto A2090a ?? fine with SCSI A2620 (functions wonderfully - buy one for you friends, too!) AmigaDOS1.3 1.3 ROMs ARP1.3 (w/o mount) Mountlist for ST-506: /* ST-506 hard disk drives are units 1 and 2 */ RES0: Device = hddisk.device Unit = 1 Flags = 0 Surfaces = 7 BlocksPerTrack = 17 Reserved = 2 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 0 ; HighCyl = 1 Buffers = 20 BufMemType = 0 # /* Sample Mountlist Entry to add another partition to a ST-506 drive */ FH0: Device = hddisk.device Unit = 1 Flags = 0 Surfaces = 7 BlocksPerTrack = 17 Reserved = 2 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 20 ; HighCyl = 1217 Buffers = 20 BufMemType = 0 FileSystem = l:FastFileSystem DosType = 0x444F5301 GlobVec = -1 # email replies seem to get to me: Thanks in advance, Todd P. Carpenter Honeywell Systems and Research Center voice: (612)782-7229 paper: 3660 Technology Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55418 UUCP: carpent@srcsip.uucp bang-style: {umn-cs,ems,bthpyd}!srcsip!carpent Internet: carpent@src.honeywell.com or carpent@altura.honeywell.com Note: Now that the net police have made themselves known, and bashed me for listening to and being concerned about rumors, I know I have sinned, and will try to change. However, I still refuse to believe in the mythical line ea
andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (05/11/89)
In article <21672@srcsip.UUCP> carpent@coltrane.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) writes: >How things really worked: > >> mount res0: (AmigaDOS mount, not ARP) >> PREP res0: > (answer very straightforward questions. Mainly matching the mountlist) > (first partition is 2->19) > > (told to reboot. I do so) > > blue screen, requestor pops up with message: NOT A DOS DISK IN UNIT 1 > so far so good. You have wiped the data from dh0: > (so I turn it off, reboot again, once running, turn it back on, let it spin > up for some time.) > >> mount res0: >> format drive res0: name "BH0" NO NO NO THIS ERASES THE INFORMATION STORED ON THE FIRST TWO RESERVED CYLINDERS!!! instead just format drive dh0: name FunnyPart Don't remount res0: Don't ever format res0: The manual has a few words on this as well. andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "There is no programming problem that cannot be solved by proper "application of the Delete command." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
carpent@coltrane.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) (05/11/89)
Thanks for your reply! I still can't get it to work... In article <6814@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: (first part, where I prep disk, reboot, and get NOT A DOS DISK) > (so I turn it off, reboot again, once running, turn it back on, let it spin > up for some time.) > >> mount res0: >> format drive res0: name "BH0" | NO NO NO | THIS ERASES THE INFORMATION STORED ON THE FIRST TWO RESERVED CYLINDERS!!! | | instead just | | | format drive dh0: name FunnyPart | | | Don't remount res0: | Don't ever format res0: | | The manual has a few words on this as well. But, but, but: page 25, item (2) says to always mount before prepping. But (the main thingie), um (blush), yes, I should be formatting dh0: I feel so foolish. It still doesn't work: 1) I did what you said (right after boot) . It responded with "Drive not found" 2) I mounted DH0: and got "Device "dh0:" not recognized" 3) I mounted RES0:, tried the above format command: "Drive not found" Anything else? I'm willing to try almost anything legal.
andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (05/11/89)
In article <21690@srcsip.UUCP> carpent@coltrane.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) writes: > >Thanks for your reply! I still can't get it to work... > > >In article <6814@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: > >(first part, where I prep disk, reboot, and get NOT A DOS DISK) > > > (so I turn it off, reboot again, once running, turn it back on, let it spin > > up for some time.) > > > >> mount res0: > >> format drive res0: name "BH0" > >| NO NO NO >| THIS ERASES THE INFORMATION STORED ON THE FIRST TWO RESERVED CYLINDERS!!! >| >| instead just | >| >| format drive dh0: name FunnyPart >| >| >| Don't remount res0: >| Don't ever format res0: >| >| The manual has a few words on this as well. > >But, but, but: page 25, item (2) says to always mount before prepping. >But (the main thingie), um (blush), yes, I should be formatting dh0: I feel so >foolish. It still doesn't work: Ok, lets try again. RES0: is for PREPing the first ST506 drive RES2: is for PREPing the first SCSI drive. The sequence is mount res0: prep res0: (answer the questions properly; if you enter incorrect information the drive may not be found) REBOOT THE MACHINE Now, drive dh0: should be automounted. do an assign and an info and see what drives you see in the lists. you should see a DH0: Now format dh0: That's pretty much it. -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "There is no programming problem that cannot be solved by proper "application of the Delete command." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.