Re: RamFast confusion

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5kdn33$9nr$1@earth.execpc.com>,
Chris Jansen <cjansen@earth.execpc.com> wrote:
>When I tried to add a new device to my IIGS with a RamFast card the
>computer became confused. I removed the new device but the card now says
>it has incompatible configuration data.

   If the config data is not compatible, then you should just go into
the small config program (which it dumps you in every time it
complains about incompatible data), and be sure to hit 'Save' to write
the current and hopfully compatible data out. If everything on your
SCSI chain is in good condition, that should work fine.

   If this fails, I'd suspect two things: (1) termination is not correct
on your chain, so it's not reading in the right config data, or (2)
the device it's using (first? last? lowest #? highest #? not sure) to
try and save is unwriteable (offline, or inherently write protected like
a CD-ROM is), and therefore not being saved.

>Has anyone seen this or does anyone know how to reset the configuration
>data for the RamFast and just read the partition information of the disk
>itself.

   If you 'save' the config successfully, it shouldn't complain anymore.

   Joe Walters' rewritten RamFAST/SCSI manual is available online at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/ramfast.html if you're interested.

Nathan Mates

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