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From:Sam Thomas
Date:27 Jun 2001 at 21:28:36
Subject:Re: plextor rewriter

Hello Neil

On 04-Feb-78, you wrote:

>
> That's right, although it's normal to put quotes around the device name,
>
> c:setpatch skipromupdates "scsi.device" quiet
>
>
> I have done the above after installing os 3.0 on hard disk partition 3
> dh3 and making it bootable reinstalled drivers for the ide flyer
> but even after making the above amendments I still get hard disk error
> when setpatch is actioned.

Setpatch on 3.0 doesnt need the skipromupdates "scsi.device" stuff as far as
I know - only Workbench 3.5 and 3.9 require this.

All you should need for 3.0 is:
C:Setpatch QUIET

Startup should be summat like this:

C:CheckLMB
IF WARN
SYS:Prefs/ATA3Prefs
ENDIF

C:ATA3.driver QUIET

C:SetPatch

> If I press the left mouse button to change prefs on the ata software
> It tells me software reset and then goes completly blank for the second
> ide port not showing the drive at all.

Yeah, strange that - I had exactly the same problem here with mine. Connect
another CD-ROM drive to the CDRW IDE cable, set to slave and then the
system will find the drive fine (Try to connect a PIO4 or 5 device as slave
though). Once you have done this you *should* be able to use the drive
without a problem. If you have any problems please let me know cos I have
been having huge problems with the drive (wont work at anything but PIO0)

> Is there something else I should be doing as well as the setpatch line.
> ???

Only what I have said above I think.

> I know there is not a problem with my hard drive as when I boot with no
> startup sequence there are no errors reported and if I then manually run
> the ata 3 software I instantly get errors on my hard drive until I
> run the software without the drive attached.

It MIGHT help you if you buy some UDMA66 or UDMA100 cables. I used to have
problems on my system when using drives using PIO5 - the UDMA100 cables
solved all that for me (local PC shop should sell them)

> regards
> paul barker
>
> Sunny Hull

Hull? As in the Hull approx 25miles up the road from me? (York)

Cheerio




Sam 'Stom' Thomas

http://www.amiga-mediator.co.uk


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