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- From: cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: problems w/ 2 SCSI drives on ST
- Keywords: SCSI, GE-Soft, ST157N, ST296N, SCSI-Tools
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.182418.23127@a.cs.okstate.edu>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 18:24:18 GMT
- References: <H._49DdC_yXeQ@wpcst1.phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de>
- Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
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- In article <H._49DdC_yXeQ@wpcst1.phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de> kruel@wpcst1.phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de (Thomas-Martin Kruel) writes:
- >Dear netters,
- >
- > I have a little problem with two SCSI discs on my host adaptor:
- >they won't work together with addresses 0 and 1.
- >
- > Some details: The drives (a ST 157N and ST 296N) are connected to a
- >GE-soft adaptor. The first is configured as SCSI device 0, the second
- >as device 1. The software is from Digital Systems Krueger (Version
- >3.2). The problem: write access to the first device (the ST157N)
- >crashes the FAT and DIR.
- >
- >Everything works fine if:
- >- the drives are used solely;
- >- the second drive is configured as #2 or higher.
- >
- >So I can work with it, but I'm curious: What may be wrong ?
- >
- > Is it absolutely necessary to remove the resistor packs ? If so,
- >which drive ? The physically last or the logically last one (which is
- >different in that case) ?
- >
- >
- >Also:
- >
- > I need to reformat the ST 296N on a low level, since it stems from a
- >PC, where it was formatted with interleave 2.
- >
- > Is there some PD/Shareware/commercial package out to do that for me ?
- >I checked AHDI5 but it doesn't. I heard about "SCSI-Tools" from
- >Hard&Soft in Castrop-Rauxel, but I don't know if the DM 149.- (~ $100) are
- >worth it ? Any experiences ?
- >
- >Thanks for any hint,
- > Thomas.
- >--
- >Thomas-Martin Kruel Institut f. Physikalische Chemie / Universitaet Wuerzburg
- > Marcusstr. 9-11, D-8700 Wuerzburg, Tel. +49 931 31579
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