phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) (10/26/89)
Hello all, I have a Mac II that has both an FDHD and an 800k floppy in it. Last night, while trying to initialize some 800k disks in the FDHD drive, I got the dreaded 'Initializtion failed' message. It always occured on the second 'thunk' during 'Verify Format'....I took the disks and initted them fine in the 800k drive (Yes, they really are DSDD disks, not HD disks). Then I put files on them, and put them in the FDHD drive and it could read them! My question, Why couldn't it initialize them!!! Note, this is nothing like the discussion recently on HD in 800k drives, not working in FDHD drives.....These are DSDD disks NOT initializing in FDHD drives, but working ok in 800k drives.... With all the bandwidth on the FDHD stuff, there MUST be a problem. APPLE, are we going to have to wait 'til 30% of the FDHD drives fail before you recognize a problem (Ala Quantum HD response by Apple!)?? ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil
fozzard@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Richard Fozzard) (10/28/89)
In article <5756@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: > I have a Mac II that has both an FDHD and an 800k floppy in it. Last >night, while trying to initialize some 800k disks in the FDHD drive, I got >the dreaded 'Initializtion failed' message. It always occured on the >second 'thunk' during 'Verify Format'....I took the disks and initted them >fine in the 800k drive (Yes, they really are DSDD disks, not HD disks). > >Then I put files on them, and put them in the FDHD drive and it could read >them! > This is an exact description of the problems we have had here with both a MacIIx and SE/30. I have a number (~20)disks (DSDD) that consistently format fine on a MacII or SE, but fail on the FDHDs. I too would like to know if Apple recognizes this problem and has a fix. ======================================================================== Richard Fozzard "Serendipity empowers" University of Colorado/CIRES/NOAA/ERL/FSL fozzard@boulder.colorado.edu (303)497-6011 or 444-3168