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- From: sforces@nauticom.net (Sforces)
- Subject: Re: Dave Haynie questions
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- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 02:00:29 GMT
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- I bought a Quantum 4.3 gig drive and my a3000T isn't reading it right. could
- you tell me if there is a patch or some other HD prg i can use that will see
- the drive as the right megs?? >In <4c5vki$jja@castle.nando.net>,
- cpalmer@parsifal.nando.net (Cory Palmer) >writes:
-
- >> Would you explain the mountlist file to me?
-
- >The MountList file, and any DOSDrivers files you have, are simple
- >descriptions of various AmigaDOS level devices. The DOSDrivers files
- >are processed automatically by your startup-sequence, while the
- >mountlist entries are entered manually (on a CLI) or in your
- >user-startup file.
-
- >A DOS device needs a name (eg, "DF2"), an Exec device and/or DOS
- >handler (eg, "trackdisk.device", "L:FastFileSystem", etc), and usually
- >some device-specific information. For a disk drive, you specify the
- >drive's geometry: the size of a block, the number of blocks in a
- >cylinder, the first and last cylinder, and the number of heads. The
- >total number of blocks is all that matters in most cases, since the
- >Exec-style device drivers are logically addressed, and hide this
- >geometry from you. But since manufacturers supply it, that's the
- >simplest form in which to define what a disk drive looks like to your
- >system.
-
- >>1: I have seend numerous mount list for zip drives and they all are
- >>different.I have bought Ziptools and it has a totaly different mount list
- >>than the ones I have seen from people on the net. Below is what HDToolbox
- >>gives me when I have it read the config. from the drive.
- >>
- >> Cylinders 2891
- >> Heads 1
- >> Blocks per track 68
- >>Blocks per Cylinder 68
-
- >These last two are the same thing...
-
- >>What should the mount list really be?
-
- >No idea, I don't know diddly about ZIP drives, beyond "it's a fairly
- >cool 100MB floppy disc". What does your ZIP drive's documentation say
- >about this? Or how about the ZIP drive itself? Most SCSI drives will
- >report their size, HDToolBox (among others) can inquire of the
- >size. If the ZIP drive doesn't handle this, contact IOmega. Also, you
- >might want to check out the various mountlists in greater detail. The
- >total number of blocks is all that really matters. If you have
- >different settings that add up to the same total, use either one. If
- >they add up differently, get the manufacturer's recommended geometry.
-
- >>2: When I have HDToolbox low level format any of the drives on the GVP
- >>card it just flashes the led for a second and then is all done. A friends
- >>GVP card with Guru rom in his A3000 low levels the zip disk for about 10
- >>mins. Any Idea on what is going on?
-
- >Not really. Some SCSI devices are smart enough to know if the media
- >they support needs low-level formatting. Maybe the ZIP won't do it if
- >the disk you give it is already cool.
-
- >>3: There is a jumper in the A4000 for 2/8 meg chip. Is 8 meg chip
- >>possible?
-
- >No.
-
- >Dave Haynie | ex-Commodore Engineering | for DiskSalv 3 &
- >Sr. Systems Engineer | Hardwired Media Company | "The Deathbed Vigil"
- >Scala Inc., US R&D | Ki No Kawa Aikido | info@iam.com
-
- > "Feeling ... Pretty ... Psyched" -R.E.M.
-
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