I have a couple of Xebec Trustor drives, these are pre-Sider
manufactured, though actually the date codes on them overlap that of
what I have in the Sider collection too.
The one in question, after fixing the controller card issue I found, I
am able to still only access the drive and get an immediate I/O
error.
Patching DOS 3.3 and going in from the outside produces the same
result on any of the (estimated) volumes within the drive.
The Trustor is very similar to the Sider except that the Sider is a
more completed product for the simpler end-user, where as the Trustor
required some knowledge to set them up.
the Trustor can be setup with SiderWare, as well- but you will end up
with the same wasted partitions that SiderWare gives you - unless you
do it manually, and that includes all the drive geometry and entering
the defect list manually.
My question is, this:
I'm getting a "NON-MEDIA ERROR 8A" on the drive access when using the
diagnostics that come on the Sider. The drive seeks and accesses. It's
a Quantum 540 based drive. It does come ready on it's own, it's not
making any weird noises, etc.
Spins up, re-calibrates and waits.