re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald William Ely) (09/29/90)
I just purchases a teak drive real cheap for use as a second internal drive in my 2000. Apparently the drive isn't signalling when a disk is inserted. Does anyone know if this is a limiting feature of the drive, or did I screw something up. Right now it seems to believe there is always a disk in the drive.. so I can only use it if: a) I have a disk in it when I boot up, and then I can only use that disk b) I can format disks in it c) I can do disk copies Any ideas? (aside from "Take it out and use it as a paperweight?") Thanks in advance. Ron
whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu (Alan Whinery) (10/02/90)
In article <Yb11rIS00Voy4KFERa@andrew.cmu.edu> re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald William Ely) writes: > > I just purchases a teak drive real cheap for use as a second internal >drive in my 2000. Apparently the drive isn't signalling when a disk is >inserted. Does anyone know if this is a limiting feature of the drive, or did >I screw something up. Right now it seems to believe there is always a Obviously, teak is not a proper material for disk drives. I would say Oak or North American Cherry. Sometimes a Maple drive is nice, but beware of the less expensive pine and fir drives. Too much sap. I know I've had one too many gooey disks to ever buy another soft pine disk drive. Glad I could help. Alan whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu
olson@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Olson) (10/02/90)
In article <9628@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu (Alan Whinery) writes: >In article <Yb11rIS00Voy4KFERa@andrew.cmu.edu> re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald William Ely) writes: >> >> I just purchases a teak drive real cheap for use as a second internal >Obviously, teak is not a proper material for disk drives. I would say >Oak or North American Cherry. Sometimes a Maple drive is nice, but beware >of the less expensive pine and fir drives. Too much sap. I know I've had >one too many gooey disks to ever buy another soft pine disk drive. > >Alan >whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu > ^^^^^^ > I am surprised you forgot to mention the ever popular local drives, the Koa, Ohia and everpopular Keawe... Todd -- olson@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu | "When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant olson@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu | I could hardly stand to be around him. When I CS student, Adventurer | was twenty-one, I was amazed at how much the Paraphrased from House II | old man had learned in seven years." - M. Twain
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (10/03/90)
whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu (Alan Whinery) writes: > In article <Yb11rIS00Voy4KFERa@andrew.cmu.edu> re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald W > > > > I just purchases a teak drive real cheap for use as a second internal > >drive in my 2000. Apparently the drive isn't signalling when a disk is > >inserted. Does anyone know if this is a limiting feature of the drive, or d > >I screw something up. Right now it seems to believe there is always a > > Obviously, teak is not a proper material for disk drives. I would say > Oak or North American Cherry. Sometimes a Maple drive is nice, but beware > of the less expensive pine and fir drives. Too much sap. I know I've had > one too many gooey disks to ever buy another soft pine disk drive. > > Glad I could help. > > Alan > whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu I think he means "Teac" drives, produced by Teac Corp. of japan. -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP