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- From: Paul Copsey <paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.cd32
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM using the C= CD0: doesn't work well
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- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 09:00:57 GMT
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- Phil Kernick (philk@dhn.csiro.au) wrote:
- > I've just attached a CD-ROM to my A2500, and I'm using the CD0: DosDriver
- > that came with KS3.1. My SCSI controller is an A2091.
- >
- > Is is just me, or isn't it any good?
-
- It does have some problems.
-
- > 1. It doesn't mount CD0: unless there is a disk in the drive at boot.
-
- That shouldn't happen, what is the activate parameter set to in the
- DosDriver file?
-
- > 2. It doesn't support automatic diskchanges - I have to do it manually.
- > I know it isn't the A2091 as it supports diskchange on my Syquest.
-
- That either.
-
- > 3. When getting a file listing of the mods directory of the Aminet3 disk
- > using the Workbench it fails claiming "not enough memory". Checking
- > shows that sure enough it's used the entire of my 1M chip ram. The
- > BufMemType in the DosDriver is set to 0 (any memory), so why is it using
- > chip at all?
-
- It's likely to have problems with Aminet CD's full stop, the CD32 has
- problems with these.
-
- > Have I (a) messed up the configuration; or (b) is it just substandard?
-
- Possibly both ;-)
-
- > If (a) what do I need to change?
- > If (b) what can I use instead?
-
- Gte a copy of AmiCDROMFS (I think that's what it's called) it should
- be on Aminet, or may be on one of the CD's you have.
-
- Paul
-
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