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STACKER NOTE STACKER NOTE
Title: INACCESSIBLE REMOVABLE DRIVES
(Applies to Stacker for Windows & DOS 3.0)
STAC FAX 3506 (6/93)
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BACKGROUND
When removable Stacker drives are not accessible, do not
mount, or do not automount, the problem is generally due to a
disk cache program such as SMARTDRV.EXE (from Windows 3.1) or
PCKWIK. You may see one of these messages:
Invalid Unit Reading Drive x
OR
Not Ready Reading Drive x
Usually QEMM has loaded both Stacker and SMARTDRV.EXE high.
A similar problem can occur with SMARTDRV.EXE and removable
drives, such as Bernoulli, SyDos, SyQuest, and Sysgen, even
if the removable drive is NOT a Stacker drive.
SOLUTION
The situation is corrected in the Stacker 3.03 maintenance
release. Stacker now makes the drives accessible and the
automount feature operate properly when DOS locates the
drives. Contact Stac Product Support if you need the
maintenance release to avoid this situation.
You can add the /AUTO=Z switch now to fix your configuration.
To add the switch:
1. Use any text editor to edit your CONFIG.SYS file and
add this switch to the Stacker device driver line
before the first Stacker drive name:
/AUTO=Z
2. Save the file and exit to DOS.
3. Restart your computer.
When both the Stacker and the disk cache drivers are loaded
high, you may be able to use an additional SSWAP to swap the
removable drive that has problems. For example, if D is a
Bernoulli drive that won't mount, a special SSWAP line might
correct the problem with SMARTDRV.EXE.
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1. Use any text editor to edit your CONFIG.SYS file and
add this DEVICE line following any other SSWAP DEVICE
commands.
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM D: D:
2. Save the file and exit to DOS.
3. Restart your computer.
If you still have problems and have a different cache program
available, such as SMARTDRV.SYS or Speedcache for Iomega, try
it out. It may eliminate the conflict.
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