Re: GS Problems

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Galen Tatsuo Komatsu writes ...
> 
>         Having some problems with my GS, ....
> 
>      I have 3 drives chained to the disk port, an Apple 3.5 drive, and
> two Apple 5.25's hanging off of that.  The 5.25 drives work fine, but
> the GS doesn't seem to know the 3.5 is there.  Tried booting off of it,
> CATalogging ",S5,D2", and polling it with various programs (CopyIIplus,
> ShrinkIt, "BYE"...)  The closest I've gotten is Appleworks2.0 seems to
> recognize a drive at S5D2, but errors when trying to access it.  I've
> tried fiddling with the slot settings, the startup slot, zeroing the
> RAM disk, nothing.  I know the drive works, as I was able to access it
> once before (before it's present location I set up the computer on the
> floor once to see if it works and did a catalog listing on the drive.)
> .... 
>


     On a GS with one 3.5" drive, the drive is, usually, accessed at Slot 
5, Drive 1. (If you tried booting just one diskette, the diskette may 
have been the problem; or, the drive may need to be cleaned.)


Rubywand