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- From: hhoff@blefusco.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Hoffmann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Help needed with SyQuest SQ555 removable media HD
- Date: 17 Dec 92 09:39:11 GMT
- Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik - RWTH Aachen
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- wille@egr.msu.edu (Jeffrey Wille) writes:
-
- >I'm trying to help a friend get a removable media HD running on his
- >A3000 (WB 2.04). The name of the drive on the faceplate is Rhaman
- >(or something close to that) but he says its a SyQuest inside.
-
- >I plugged it into the external SCSI port and powered it up with a
- >cartridge inside, booted the 3000 and ran HDtoolbox. With HD
- >toolbox I changed the drivetype to the values that it read from
- >the drive (it reported that it was a SyQuest 42 MB drive, which
- >is what I expected). Then I did a low-level format, and partitioned
- >it as single partition.
-
- >Upon leaving HDtoolbox, the icon for the drive appeared as SHD0:RRRR,
- Well, did you Reset the Computer after leaving HDToolBox (it normally should
- be reset after saving the changes to the drive). If so, did you High-level-format
- the drive (for every partition) (format drive SHD0: name xxx ffs)?
- >and it refused to open. So, I got SCSI mounter from FF537 (or somewhere
- >near there) and mounted it, at which point the icon became SHD0:BUSY.
-
- >So, now I'm stuck. Can someone give me some insight into how to get
- >this thing going? I'd appreciate it.
-
- > -Jeff
- hhoff.
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