brians@hpcljms.HP.COM (Brian Sullivan) (10/25/90)
I have installed a SyQuest 5 1/4 drive on my Amiga 2000HD.
I am still having a few problems, with the SCSI controller
though. I have a A2091 and have installed the SyQuest at
SCSU address 0, and a Quantum 40MB is a address 6. What happens
is that after writing several files to the SyQuest the controller
locks up. The drive access light on the SyQuest stays on and
the Disk light on the 2000 stays on. No further SCSI activity
is possible. This behavior is quite frustrating and it doesn't
happen while accessing the Quantum. I have disabled reselction
for the SyQuest and I may have disabled it for the Quantum, but
I am not sure how to check for this. The HD-Toolbox program
doesn't seem to read the existing configuration at all it just
lets you modify or create a new one and then re-initialize the disk
with the screwy partition defaults. Is it possible to change this
field without destroy all the data on the disk??!#!?
I am going to try removing the Quantum from the daisy chain and
see if the SyQuest will work on it's own. If not I will probably
contact SyQuest to see if they can tell me what the problem is.
-- Brian --
email: brians@hpclove.cup.hp.com
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