Re: GS and 3.5" drives? How to get it recognize...

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5e4trb$5k8@nntp.hut.fi>, Paul Dunkel <pdunkel@cc.hut.fi> wrote:
>When I start-up or reboot my GS everything goes okay, but then I get a
>message:

   Is this before or after a full clean reinstall of GS/OS, or are you
dealing with that copy you messed up by copying files around? If it's
the later, I'm going to go back to saying "reinstall from scratch."

>bla bla bla ... GS/OS doesn't recognise this disk (in device
>.appledisk3.5a) do you want to init it or eject?

   Do you have a valid ProDOS disk in your 3.5" drive? If not, you may
want to consider inserting a 'sacrifice' disk you don't care about the
contents of. If there is a valid ProDOS disk, then there's probably a
hardware fault, ranging from dirty drive heads to a bad connection.

>...there are two disks named "RAM5" you must rename or eject the one in
>.appledisk3.5a

   Don't name your 3.5" disks /RAM5. That or try getting rid of any
Ramdisk.  This was before or after any ram expansion card faults?

Nathan Mates

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