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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