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- Path: pil.idt.unit.no!torrunes
- From: torrunes@pil.idt.unit.no (Tor Rune Skoglund)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Sanyo CD-ROM & Evolution controller
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 23:24:06 GMT
- Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway
- Message-ID: <4d466m$qfk@due.unit.no>
- References: <4d106v$e36@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: pil.idt.unit.no
- Keywords: CD-ROM, SCSI
-
- In article <4d106v$e36@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>,
- Benedikt Bietzker <bmb@cip.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote:
- >
- >Hello!
- >
- >I've got a problem with my SCSI-CD-ROM-Drive. It's a Sanyo CRD 4-speed-drive
- >placed in an external SCSI-Tower. In my A2000 works an
- >Evolution-SCSI2-Controller by Off Limits (formerly produced by Macro
- >Systems) with the actual ROM which - as Off Limits told me- supports
- >CD-ROM drives.
-
- It does.
-
- >a) If the ID of the CD-ROM-drive is greater than that of my internal
- > Quantum LPS52 harddisc (ID 0), the computer boots without to scan
- > any higher IDs than that of the harddisc.
-
- I'm note sure, but you might have an RDB on that disc which says "this
- is the last unit". Try changing this on the RDB.
-
- > As I thought of wrong termination I even took off the terminators
- > from the controller instead that from the harddisc, but I think the other
- > way round is all right. In addition it behaved just the same way.
-
- The termination on the controller should be left on. The unit on the
- middle of the cable should be without termination.
-
- >b) If the ID of the CD-ROM-drive is lower than that of the internal
- > harddisc the controller states 'Error' while scanning the ID of the
-
- This actuall sounds good. If I remember correctly, this means that
- the MultiEvolution now is avare of this unit, and has a device driver
- for it.
-
- You should now be able to mount the CD unit with a proper mountlist or
- icon in devs/dosdrivers.
-
- Have you tried AmiCDROM? This is very easy to install, and if
- evolution.device is not supportet, select another device and edit the
- mountlist later.
-
- > CD-ROM-drive. If I put in a CD before booting the controller states
- > nothing but stops working while scanning the ID.
-
- Hope my comments can be to some help.
-
- - Best Regards,
-
- Tor Rune Skoglund DataKompaniet ans
- Tech. Manager/Partner Trondheim Innovation Centre
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