[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] GVP HC/45 behaving weird

d8samol@dtek.chalmers.se (Olof Samuelsson) (08/22/90)

	Is there anyone out there experienced with GVP scsi hardcards ?
I had this weird problem this morning :
	1. Suddenly there was r/w errrors on both drives on every
		file and driectory.
	2. I tried to warm boot, but the machine simply wouldn't come any
		furthe than the white screen ( after blinking as usual )
		The drive was quiet.
	3. Warm boot, with a floppy in df0:. The system boots from the floppy
		and the partitions amuto-mounts. No errors.
		Tried DiskChecker (PD) returned error -3 on every sector
		of dh0: ( GVP non-standard RDB ????(wild guess)).
	4. Warm boot, no floppy in df0:. Everything works!!!
	5. Writing this.

My setup is an A2000 rev 6.2, Kick 1.3(34.5) WB 34.20
	GVP HC/45 with usual AutoBoot EPROMs (non-advanced),
	w/ an Seagate ST157N factorymounted on it.
The reason I`m asking this here is that my local dealer knows
	NOTHING except to boot an A500 to play a ShootEmUp


	Another query: I`ve read somewhere that all Seagate drives
	shipped w/ the HC is 28ms. I`ve also seen the 28ms version
	being called ST157N-1. My drive is labeled 157N.
	Is it 28 or 40 ms.

	I'd be really grateful if anyone could answer these questions,
	as I was rather upset.... The drive was bought 2 days ago.

	Bye! Olof.
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