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Re: [emax] Re: problem with internal HD

2011-10-06 by Aivis Mamajevs

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From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Re: problem with internal HD

I would need to have a pic or exact detail of the jumpers and the drive
model to specifically verify you have the setting you expect.

Regards,
Ted


On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Aivis Mamajevs <pelecis@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> One jamper imposed on 1, and the other on the 5. This is IBM 540MB disc.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@...>
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 7:00 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [emax] Re: problem with internal HD
>
> You are setting the physical jumpers on the drive to 1 and then booting
> from
> floppy and changing to ID 1 in the Emax2 menu, right?
>
> Because if you do one without doing both, then it will never work.
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Aivis Mamajevs <pelecis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > **
>
> >
> >
> > I tried all ways, set a scsi 0 and 1, but nothing changes,  Iomega jaz
> disc
> > and the floppy disc can be formatted, but HD not. What other options are?
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@...>
> > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 5:19 AM
> > Subject: Re: [emax] Re: problem with internal HD
> >
> >
> > That isn't entirely true.
> > While it is correct that on Emax 2 the SCSI ID cannot be 0 for the HD, I
> > have Emax 1 and Emax 2 BOTH with SD card media and it boots from them.
> >
> > If you have set the setting for SCSI ID in Emax 2 after booting once from
> > floppy, from there you should be able to boot from that SCSI ID.
> >
> > The 5380 SCSI controller in Emax is not smart enough to really know that
> a
> > drive is a removable media or not, from my experience, or research.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ted
> >
> > On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:27 PM, jaumemod wrote:
> >
> > Dear folk, checking your SCSI ID , in EMAX SCSI 0 is reserved to floppy.
> > Checking your default SCSI HD ID, must be 1 to 7.
> >
> > Put terminator jumper on HD if it is in the end of SCSI chain.
> >
> > In case you use a SCSI chain disconect other devices letting alone HD and
> > tr y to format.
> >
> > Emax OS won't start from removable media HD.
> >
> > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Aivis Mamajevs" <pelecis@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, what could be the fault? When I turn on the internal Quantum HD LCD
> > read "not emax2 drive." Trying to format HD LCD read "scsi hardware
> error".
> > I tried to connect to other HD, but it is the same.
> > > Help please!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Aivis
> > >
> >
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