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| 5318.1 | | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ LTN1 | Thu Jan 02 1992 13:28 | 17 |
| Re .0:
> HDToolBox says 'compatible with the A3000, the A2091, and other disks
> that follow the Amiga Rigid Disk Block standard".
>
> I have an IVS Grand Slam that i assume follows the Amiga RDB standard,
> (i also assume the A2090A doesn't). But, if i activate HDToolBox i get
> 'handler not found' and all the icons except EXIT are unavailable.
> Has anyone got this utility to work on something other than a 2091??
> (or am i hoping too much)
HDToolBox came (and works) with my A590 controller, which is really an
A2091 in disguise. I think the problem is that the Commodore SCSI
controllers use the scsi.device and others don't. The A2090[A] may or
may not work with it, but third-party controllers often include their
own device driver as part of the package. I suspect HDToolBox issues
SCSI-direct commands, which it expects to use scsi.device to do.
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| 5318.2 | Where there's a will, there's a way | 2183::ESTABROOK | Jay Estabrook - DTN 264-5876 | Thu Jan 02 1992 14:57 | 9 |
| re: .0
I remember reading someplace, that HDToolBox has a place where you can tell it
the device (ie driver) to use; if you can find where that is (:-), change it
to the device supplied with your hard disk and try again. That is, replace
the reference to "scsi.device", the 590/2091 driver, with "<your-driver>.device"
and it should work.
This is hearsay, so your mileage may vary. Good luck.
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| 5318.3 | Add some tool type lines to the icon | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Thu Jan 02 1992 18:11 | 43 |
| The following allowed me to trick HDToolBox into thinking I only had
a SCSI device attached at SCSI_MAX_ADDRESS=0. This keeps the system
from trying to boot off my new CD/ROM drive.
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From: [email protected] (Paul Kolenbrander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: HDToolbox and non-C= controllers
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 13 Nov 91 17:17:07 GMT
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I've found a way to add a tooltype to the HDToolBox icon that's
on the 2.0.4 upgrade for my A2000, so that it now uses the
GVPscsi.device to recognize my Series-II hardcard. It isn't in
the manual, but here are the tooltypes:
SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=[Your Driver]
SCSI_MAX_ADDRESS= (normally not needed)
SCSI_MAX_LUN= (also normally not needed)
The reason I want to be able to use the HDToolbox is that it
gives me more control over some options th
an GVP's FastPrep
does. However I haven't gotten the Verify Drive option to work,
nor can the program read the HD's (A Quantum LPS105S) setup.
It returns a 'device does not support Inquiry command' error.
Anybody know a cure for this? E-Mail please, newsservice is
intermittent at the moment.
:^) Paul (^:
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| 5318.4 | No Go on the icddisk.device | CX3PT3::WSC017::A_ANDERSON | CSC32::A_Anderson NSU/VAX DTN 592-4170 | Fri Jan 03 1992 18:33 | 14 |
| No go for the ICD Advantage 2000 Rom version 2.20.
I also noticed that it is case sensitive. I first tried
SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=ICDDISK.DEVICE and it could not find the device. I then
tried SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=icddisk.device and it locked up my amiga with the
drive light on and the window saying "checking icddisk.device address 0
unit 0"
So I guess it found the device ok. It just did not like what it found.
Alan
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| 5318.5 | A different HDTOOLBOX question | RGB::ROSE | | Fri Jan 03 1992 23:04 | 19 |
| I have a different HDTOOLBOX question: I have a A590 and a SCSI to
ST506 adapter with a 40 meg drive. After I set up the drive parameters,
do a low level format, and save parameters to disk, I try a verify
data. Then it comes back with an error message that it can't find the
drive size. Also, under setting the drive type, if I tell it to read
the parameters from the drive, it comes back with a message that the
drive does not support inquery.
The drive parameters say that I have a 40 Meg drive. However, it
appears that only the first 10 Meg got low level formatted. I can
create a 10 meg partition and a 30 meg partition. The 10 meg partition
high level formats and works. The 30 meg partition exits from high
level format with an error after the first few sectors.
Any ideas how I can get HDTOOLBOX to realize that I have a 40 Meg
drive or otherwise bludgen the low level formatter into formatting
the full 40 Megs?
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| 5318.6 | IVS GrandSlam crashes | FSCORE::KAYE | where's my Kama Sutra pop-up book for zero-g | Sat Jan 04 1992 13:41 | 7 |
| I also have the same problem with an IVS GrandSlam.
I get "checking IVS_SCSIpro.device address 0 unit 0"
then "checking IVS_SCSIpro.device address 0 unit 1" and then
it crashes...
mark
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| 5318.7 | Doesn't work with Nexus | ARRODS::GOLDSTEIN | Steve G. DTN: 847-5401 | Mon Jan 06 1992 03:58 | 13 |
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I've also tried it out on the Nexus controller.....
Got "checking Nexus.device address 0 unit 0"
"checking Nexus.device address 0 unit 1"
It doesn't crach but locks up....Reboot is necessary.
I've even tried setting MAX_ADDRESS=0 and MAX_LUN=0 still nogo.
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