Re: SCSI Harddrive and GS/OS

[zelix@klondike.winternet.com (Peter Handel)]

In article <DF3uoz.BAH@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>In article <43inkc$qm0@blackice.winternet.com>,
>Peter Handel <zelix@parka.winternet.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Ahhhhhh, a GIG!  I finally got it partitioned.  My reccomendation-
>> DON'T use anything but HDT.
>
>Did you try SilverLining?  This is also supposed to be good, but I
>haven't used either.

Nope.  I think SilverLining does something silly like attempt to put
a drive access light in the menu bar on a Mac, so this may cause
conflicts on the GS.

>> I hunted down a friend who had 'em on his Mac, and he just
>> partitioned it real quick, and it works like a charm! 
>> I was struggling with Advanced Disk Utilities and a Mac program
>> that was included with the drive ("Disk Manager Pro") and it just
>> wasn't working.
>
>This is probably the case with most driver software supplied with
>drives - it does the bare minimum needed to get the drive working, but
>doesn't make any allowance for optional features like shared use with
>an Apple II.  I expect the dedicated SCSI utilties like HDT and
>SilverLining are much more flexible.

Lets just say the "Auto-Partition" was the default on DMPro :)

>> My only complaint is that ProDOS 8 v2.0.3 doesn't recognize more than
>> 2 partitions (the first 2).  I thought P8 v2.0.x was supposed to remap
>> volumes to empty slot/drives?  My Apple HS SCSI card is in Slot 6.
>
>It does.  My system has seven ProDOS partitions from my hard drive
>accessible (all eleven if I disable slots 5 and 7).  My Apple HS SCSI
>card is in slot 4, but this should be irrelevant.
>
>Might you have a patched copy of ProDOS-8?  A patch was publicised for
>use with the RamFast to disable ProDOS-8's remapping (to avoid
>conflicts with the RamFast's own remapping).

Well, the only patch I remember adding to my copy of P8 v2.0.3 is
NameFix v1.02.  I'll be getting a RamFAST tomorrow morning (I already
have the slip in my PO that a package is waiting for me! :)  ),
so will I need this patch to use P8 with my RF?  I hope it's on grind
or cco, right?

>Another possibility (but rather less likely) is that you have no slots
>available (as far as the remapping is concerned).  The ProDOS-8
>remapping will not use the second unit for a slot if the first unit is
>used.  e.g. my PC Transporter only provides one unit - /RAMAEPC in
>S7,D1, but the remapping does not attempt to use S7,D2.  The same goes
>for my SuperDrive card in slot 6.

Nope, no superdrive.  Here's what I've got in GS #1 (ROM 01):

Slot 1-2: Empty
Slot 3: Zip v1.02 8/64k
Slot 5: SonicBlaster
Slot 6: Apple High-Speed SCSI card
Slot 7: Empty
Ram: 2MB NCS-DMA ram card

I'll replace the Apple HS SCSI with a RamFAST Rev. D and the Ramcard w/6MB
RAM Tomorrow.

>In my system, the SmartPort remapping makes use of slot 1 (AppleTalk),
>slot 2 (Modem Port) and S3,D1.

I'm seriously considering AppleTalk'ing my other GS (10/64 Zip, Vulcan 40,
SyQuest 44MB) and my main GS and maybe my IW II (if I can find an AppleTalk
card cheap).  That's why I moved the Vulcan from Slot 1 to my other GS.

>Another possible problem is if you have several SmartPort-compatible
>controllers with more than two units.  In this case, there may be
>insufficient ProDOS units available for remapping.

Nope :)

>I don't think either of these is particularly likely.

I'll try it with a clean copy of my ProDOS 8, and see if that clears it up.
Thanks for all your help, Mr. Empson.

>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz
>Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand


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