Re: RamFAST with Floptical?

[markm@kaiwan.com (Mark Miller)]

In article <380ufp$g51@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,
Scott Peterson <swpeters@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
>
>I am borrowing an Iomega Floptical drive (previously used on a Mac) to 
>test it on my ROM 1 GS.  If it works I'll buy it. (Any ideas on a fair 
>price?)

The prices I've seen on Iomega Floptical drives are around $399.  You
may find them cheaper if you look long enough, I'm sure.

>My RamFAST revision C ROM V3.00h w/256K recognized the drive but gave an
>MLI error when trying to format it.  Partitioning didn't work either, but
>I think you format first and partition second.  There were no other
>apparent problems -- it even recognized the difference between a 21MB
>floppy and a standard HD floppy. 

Yes, you should format the disk first and then partition it.

>Do I need a ROM upgrade for the RamFAST?  If so, who, where, & how much?  
>Anyone else successfully using this combination?

I'm using ROM version 3.00l and I believe that's the minimum version
which is reliable.  Version 3.01c (I think) had a nasty bug.  Regardless,
I suggest that you get the current version, 3.01e, it's quite stable.


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