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- From: jlloyd@adapcal.UUCP (John Lloyd)
- Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B don't work
- Organization: Adaptec Inc., California
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 17:57:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan03.175754.24523@adapcal.UUCP>
- References: <725996382.AA08636@csource.oz.au>
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- In article <725996382.AA08636@csource.oz.au> Chris.Collins@f366.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Chris Collins) writes:
- > > From: weiss@staff.tc.umn.edu ()
- > > Organization: University of Minnesota
- > >
- > > I just bought an Adaptec 1542B so I could reinstall and USE OS2 with the
- > > added storage of my 90MB Bernoulli.
- > >
- > > It doesn't work for me--I get a "SYS 0026 The specified disk...cannot be
- > > accessed" when I change to the scsi drive (Bernoulli) and do a "DIR" inside
- >
- > > an OS2 window. OS2 accesses the drive--it whirs during boot --but doesn't
- > > see the files on there already. It was formatted with Adaptec's AFDISK.
- > >
- >Jeffrey,
- > DON'T PANIC! (I love that quote!) You are not doing anything
- >wrong. I have a similar setup at this end, except that I use an 88mb
- >Syquest rather than a Bernoulli, but I will bet that the principle
- >is the same.
- >
- > OS/2 treats removeable format media as floppy disks, so it want's
- >to see a floppy disk format on the media, no FDISK and such as for
- >hard disks. Unload the software that you have on the removeable under
- >DOS, boot OS/2 and format the disk under OS/2 and copy your software
- >back again.
- >
- > I know that this is a pain in the A**E, I have 10 of these 88mb
- >cartridges and most were 75% full.
- >
- > Supposedly a driver is in the wind from either Adaptec of
- >Syquest, but????
- >
- There is a driver available that will treat removable drives as fixed
- disks. The only disadvantage is that you must shutdown to change media.
- The file is called LOCKKDRV and is available on our BBS and perhaps
- somewhere on the net. The BBS number is (408) 945-7727.
-
-
- jlloyd@adapcal.com
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