Fairlight-CMI

Hi Laurent,

On bootup I read generel release 6.03 on the screen and the previous 
owner have stated too that it is a rev 6.03 machine.

On the back of the mainframe there is a centronic 50-pin scsi 
connector and my external HD case have the same connector. My 
existing external Fujitsu drive is working flawlessly so far.

I've been promissed a second 8" floppy drive (the current one gives 
my error codes all the time).

I'm a bit concerned that the CMI III rev6.03 doesn't have the 
software to format a HD. There must be some kind of alternative way 
to format and partitioning a HD to use in the CMI.

Best regards

Brian
Denmark


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Laurent Lemaire 
<llemaire1@f...> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> Are you sure you have a rev6.03 series 3 ? The HD you have are 
true 
> SCSI HD
> and it was my understanding that rev6.03 only accept ST-506 or 
ESDI 
> disks
> with an Adaptec converter to interface them with the CMI-777 
> pseudo-SCSI format.
> 
> Maybe Peter Vogel could give us some infos on that topic ?
> 
> The Series 3 I bought was delivered with three XT1140 HDs, all 
three 
> working
> and formatted as systems HD for the Fairlight (with three /k 
> partitions)... And my
> floppy drive and tape streamer are working fine, so I have OS 
backup on 
> floppies
> and sound library on tapes...
> 
> In your situation, I would buy a new 8" Floppy drive first. Even 
though 
> someone
> has the utils to format your HD, you'll need a working floppy 
drive to 
> do this
> process. It would also allow you to backup your /K partitions !  
It 
> would be my
> number one priority for sure !!!
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
>      Laurent.
> 
> 
> On 22 mars 05, at 19:12, Brian Ronn wrote:
> 
> > Hi Laurent
> >  
> > My adapter is: Iomega Jaz jet ultra pci ver.2.7
> >  
> > My drive is: Fujitsu M2263SA, Part no: B03B-4945-B613A#NB.
> >  
> > On my computer I can format the HD and transfer windows files 
back and 
> > forth without any problems. 
> >  
> > Laurent, what will you do if/when your drives quits? Are you on 
OS6.03 
> > too?
> >  
> > In my case, my CMI III is dead if my internal HD quits and that 
is 
> > what I'm trying to avoid by struggeling to make backups. But it 
> > doesn't go to well at the moment :-|
> >  
> > If anyone has anything to add concerning how to format an 
external HD 
> > with a CMI III OS6.03 I'm all ears.
> >  
> > Best regards
> >  
> > Brian
> >  
> >   
> >
> > Laurent Lemaire <llemaire1@f...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > I'm sorry I don't have the utils to format HDs with my 
rev6.03 ...
> >
> > However, I'm surprised you're able to use these HD with a
> > computer... I tryed to connect mine (Maxtor XT1140) to
> > my computers and had some SCSI bus errors... What models
> > do you have ? Which model of Adaptec converter board do
> > you use ?
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> >     Laurent.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@y...>:
> >
> > > Hi again Laurent
> > >
> > > I don't like to bug you again and again. I just want to make 
backup 
> > copies of
> > > my existing HD's before they'll eventually fail. You mentioned 
a 
> > program that
> > > I need to format a rev6.03 CMI 3 HD which is not delivered for 
the 
> > standard
> > > CMI. Can you tell me where I might find that program and is it 
for 
> > the CMI or
> > > a computer?
> > >
> > > I've bought identical HD's to the one functioning external 
drive I 
> > have but
> > > the CMI doesn't recognize any of them (I use format /c600 and 
I get 
> > the error
> > > #222 drive not found). When I hook the drives I want to format 
up to 
> > a
> > > computer, the drive id is 6 and everything is fine. So the 
HD's are 
> > OK.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Brian
> >
> >
> >
> >
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