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- From: jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin)
- Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B don't work
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.185801.719@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU>
- Organization: University of Maine, Department of Computer Science
- References: <725996382.AA08636@csource.oz.au> <1993Jan03.175754.24523@adapcal.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:58:01 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan03.175754.24523@adapcal.UUCP> jlloyd@adapcal.UUCP (John Lloyd) writes:
- >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
-
- There may be another solution...contact Corel Corp and ask if their SCSI
- package will support your setup under OS/2. I have CorelSCSI running
- my Magneto-Optical drive and I can share platters/partitions with DOS
- (real DOS) too.
-
- Jeff
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