yarnall@usceast.UUCP (Ken Yarnall) (02/06/90)
I guess that about says it. I just can't remember this being mentioned. Does the A2091-40 require an OFS Partition to boot from, or can you boot directly from a FFS partition, as is the case with the HardFrame, etc.? Eagerly Awaiting My A2500/30, ken -- <><><><><><> Ken Yarnall yarnall@cs.scarolina.EDU Math Department, USC yarnall@ucseast.UUCP Columbia, S.C. 29205 (803)777-6686
bear@bu-pub.bu.edu (Blair M. Burtan) (02/06/90)
>>>>> On 5 Feb 90 17:47:55 GMT, yarnall@usceast.UUCP (Ken Yarnall) said: >> I guess that about says it. I just can't remember this being mentioned. >> Does the A2091-40 require an OFS Partition to boot from, or can you boot >> directly from a FFS partition, as is the case with the HardFrame, etc.? No, thank CBM. In the 2091 utility program, there is a field to select bootability. My 2500/30 came already set up this way. -- --------------------------- Signature Version 1.0 --------------------------- | bear@bu-pub.bu.edu enge05c@buacca.bu.edu | | "There are many perks in being the mother of a living god. | | Nice apartment, car, free parking." | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
amercer@thor.wright.edu (Art Mercer) (02/07/90)
From article <3092@usceast.UUCP>, by yarnall@usceast.UUCP (Ken Yarnall): >> >> I guess that about says it. I just can't remember this being mentioned. >> Does the A2091-40 require an OFS Partition to boot from, or can you boot >> directly from a FFS partition, as is the case with the HardFrame, etc.? It boots directly from FFS. So far mine has worked very well, no more problems with DPain III hi-res overcan saves biting the hard disk.... >> >> Eagerly Awaiting My A2500/30, As did I and it seems well worth the wait. Brought the 030 board up to 4Meg (9Meg total on-board), it is quick! >> ken >> >> -- >> <><><><><><> >> Ken Yarnall yarnall@cs.scarolina.EDU >> Math Department, USC yarnall@ucseast.UUCP >> Columbia, S.C. 29205 (803)777-6686 Art Mercer Associate Director, Academic Computing Resources 040T Library Annex Wright State University Col. Glenn HWY Dayton, OH 45435 BITNET: amercer@wsu.bitnet Phone: (513)873-4038 ---
bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben M Scott) (02/09/90)
OK, this is my first post on Usenet but I hope I can get this right...
A while back I bought an A-590 drive, and I'm very happy with it. I had heard bad things about the Epson remainders that Commodore originally shipped them with, and was releived when I found out that the drive was a different one nowadays. However, I can't really figure it out. It's a Western Digital 93028-X_A, which I am told is an "XT" type drive. Apparently, this is a part of a different spec from your more usual ST-506 or SCSI; the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) spec. It has a single 40-pin con
nector, which seems to verify the fact that it's neither SCSI nor ST-506.
Eventually, I expect to upgrade the system, and I'd like to be able to install another drive inside the 590 case and sell the one that it came with. However, I find that the 2091 which is supposedly what the 590 is (the driver calls itself the 2091 Handler) is a SCSI-only controller. This is my problem: Did they modify the 2091 in the 590 to work with the XT drive, or did they modify the XT drive to work with the 2091? I need to know what to tell any prospective buyers (I'm told that IDE drives can fet
ch a fairly high price, for a system that can use them) as to whether it will work on their system!
I've tried Commodore's 1-800 number, and apparently I woke up the lady or something because she didn't sound too happy and only wanted my zip code so she could refer me to a local dealer. I explained ("...as slowly and patiently as if I were talking to someone from the telephone company accounts department...") that the dealer sold me the drive in the first place; I finally got a tech support number but I'd like to try this before I make a LD call.
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