Re: FDHD woes !

[rak@netaxs.com (nobody special)]

yeo@qut.edu.au wrote:
: 	Does anyone has any idea on the FDHD problems ? ->

: 	I connected a FDHD controller card with a SuperDrive and a 3.5"
: Drive on Slot 5. The slot was turned to "Your Card" and the RAMDisk does
: not show up on the Finder.

: 	I cannot seem to be able to boot up games that does not use
: GS/OS or Finder (Such as Space Cluster or Alien Mind!) with the SuperDrive
: as the first device on Slot 5.

: 	Suggestions please 

: 	My config :->

: 	Slot 1 : Printer Port
: 	Slot 2 : Modem Port
: 	Slot 3 : ZipGSX 9MHz/32k
: 	Slot 4 : Mouse Port (GStereo not over writting port)
: 	Slot 5 : FDHD Controller "My Card"
: 	Slot 6 : Disk Port (Quickie Controller not over writting port)
: 	Slot 7 : RAMFast SCSI Rev C 256k ROM 3.00l "My Card"
: 	MemExp : OctoRAM 8Mb RAM (4Mb active, upper 4Mb disabled)

: 	Computer : Apple IIGS ROM 3 (single digit, not 03)

: 	RAMFast : Device 6 > Pegasus 52i (4 paritions 7,1 7,2 4,1 4,2)
: 		  Device 4 > Apple 40Mb Tape Backup (offline)

If the Quickie Controller card only needs a slot for power (no firmware), 
I would suggest moving the Quickie to slot 5, and moving the FDHD card to 
slot 6.  This will have the advantage of not shutting down the Smartport, 
and /RAM5 will still be available, driver or no driver, P8 or otherwise.