jh203s806@sycom.UUCP (Jim Harvey) (04/22/91)
I'm trying to get a new Maxtor LXT-100S 3 1/2 inch SCSI drive to work with first, an Amiga 500 with an old C-Ltd controller, and second, a 2000 with a 2090 controller. I'm having basiclly rotten luck. PREP on the 2000 refuses to deal with the Maxtor's 32 sectors per track. I set this to 16 and doubled the tracks to 1466 and I can get it to PREP but FORMAT locks up on the first track. The 500/C-Ltd controller won't talk to the drive at all. How does one trouble shoot something like this? I have no way to see what's going on on the SCSI interface and none of these programs give me any useful error messages (like "Device not PREPed", that really helps a LOT). I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has gotten one of these little Maxtor's going on and Amiga. They were relatively cheap, $300 for 96 megs. Will somebody else's controller work? Jim Harvey jh203s806@sycom.UUCP
valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea) (04/23/91)
In article <jh203s806.8482@sycom.UUCP> jh203s806@sycom.UUCP (Jim Harvey) writes: > >I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has gotten one of these little Maxtor's >going on and Amiga. They were relatively cheap, $300 for 96 megs. Will >somebody else's controller work? I have been using a Maxtor LXT-100S with my GVP HD+ controller without problems for two weeks now. At $300, it was a good buy. It runs rather hot, but without any apparent problems. My appartment needs heating during the cold desert nights anyway. Valentin -- "An operating system without virtual memory Name: Valentin Pepelea is an operating system without virtue." Phone: (408) 985-1700 Usenet: mips!btr!valentin - Ancient Inca Proverb Internet: valentin@btr.com
dlb28311@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David Black) (04/24/91)
I *used to have one of those, which seemed to work well with my IVS
Trumpcard controller, but the bearings went out on the drive after
four weeks of use. I sent it back for a refund, and picked up a Quantum
105 for $379 from APS (in Computer Shopper). Twice the speed, and another 10
megs of storage make me a happy guy. :) Something caught my eye about your
post, though... 32 blocks/track? What about the spare block? I too had
problems when I tried to run it that way. It would be a good idea to leave
that last block free as a spare if at all possible.
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________________________________________________________________________________hansi@abalon.se (Hansi Tesarz) (04/24/91)
I hade the same problem with my Maxtor XT170 and A2090 controller The problem seem to be in the maxtor The maxtor drive dont seem to answer the 2090 fast enough. I solved the problem by first boting the amiga then power on the maxtor and then softreseting the amiga I have heard that its possible to change a resistor on the 2090 that vill fix the problem. please let me now if you fix it differently. Hansi Tesarz hansi@abalon.se Abalon AB, Box 11129, 161 11 Bromma, SWEDEN.