[comp.sys.atari.st] ICD host adapter problems

BAUMANN@CZHETH5A.BITNET (05/31/89)

Hi folks

We are urgently seeking help for a problem with an ATARI ST
ICD host adapter and a new SCSI drive.

hard disk specifications:

SONY SRD2040Z hard disk drive with following features

        - ANSI standard SCSI and commands compatible
          with CCS
          ANSI X3.131-1986 SCSI
          Common Command Set Revision 4B

        - number of heads               4
          number of data cylinders    624
          maintenance cylinder          1
          number of bytes per sector  512
          number of sectors per track  33
          number of spare sectors
          per track                  1/16


We made following modifications in the file ICDFMT.DAT:

        i Sony SRD2040Z   04  0624  0624 0624  0675 02

and

        c c Sony SRD2040Z 01  33  33  000  00  576  ccs.fmt  Sony SRD2040Z


After starting to format the disk we get following error message:

        unable to external formatter:   ccs.fmt

We checked if this file is on the disk. It is there! Does anybody of you
folks on the net or from ICD (possibly listening) have an explanation or
good advice for whats going wrong or what has to be done to solve our
problem.

Please send mail to following E-mail address: BAUMANN@CZHETH5A.BITNET

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!


Hansruedi and Roland