Emax

Emax 1 / 2 requires the floppy drive to be attached.
You can't not have a floppy drive unless you jumper the floppy connector-
that will definitely prevent a successful boot.
As to the floppy, you can create a new one with EMX (DOS) or EMXP utilities
and try and boot from it.
You may wish to use this existing floppy as it was probably formatted by
Emax initially and write the OS to it with one of the utilities.

Also, please note that Emax uses DSDD not DSHD disks.
So you have to use either DSDD or cover the hole which indicates
High-density disk.

or you can also buy an Emax OS floppy disk off ebay if the above doesn't
work for you.

Regards,
Ted



On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Tony Court <anthony.court@...> wrote:

> Hi Jammie and thanks for the info.
>
> I'm sure at some stage during my testing I tried just the HD connected and
> was getting the same issue..... I will test again tonight and let you know.
>
> If the HD does not have the OS installed, and the Floppy drive is fried....
> do you have any recommendations on how to get the OS onto the HD? I
> currently have no way of connecting the 50-pin SCSI to my computer, but am
> willing to purchase PCI-E cards etc if the price is right ;)
>
> Thanks again for your help so far and I'll let you know about the OS on the
> HD when I get home tonight.
>
> I also have a zip100 drive that I have yet to play with, and 2 zip disks
> full of sounds. Not sure if the OS might be on one of the zip disks as
> well?
>
> Tony
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:57 PM, jammie <jammie.emma@...
> >wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > if it has an internal drive that should have the os on it and should boot
> > from the hd
> >
> > dont put a disk in the floppydrive and just have the hd load os
> >
> > disk not formated means that the floppy drive is being seen and is doing
> a
> > floppy read when it comes up as not formated its either a bad disk or the
> > floppy drive is shot
> >
> > do try the cleaning kit first as it can just need a good clean
> >
> > which i have had todo on a number of old floppy drives
> >
> > none of the buttons will be functional until the os is present
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: sofad_1999
> > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:59 AM
> > Subject: [emax] New Emax II user
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just got a cheap Emax II 2212 model, and am currently wondering if it
> > wasn't such a good deal after all....
> >
> > FYI - It has a 250mb Apple SCSI drive inside, and the original SCSI
> floppy
> > drive.
> >
> > I have the original 2.14 OS disk, and I have also created additional 2.14
> > OS disks using EMXP
> >
> > When I power on the Emax II with the OS floppy disk in the drive I get
> the
> > following messages:
> >
> > Checking Floppy
> >
> > Loading Software
> >
> > Disk Not Formatted
> >
> > and then a loop of Loading Software/Disk Not Formatted
> >
> > I can hear the floppy drive clicking every 10-15 seconds. I get red
> lights
> > on STOP and RECORD.
> >
> > None of the buttons are functional.
> >
> > I have tried disconnecting the internal Hard Drive to see if that makes a
> > difference and nothing changes. I have also tried disconnecting the
> Floppy
> > to see if it will boot from the HD, and again nothing.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what may be the problem?
> > I have a floppy drive cleaning kit on order, just in case... and am
> > prepared to splash out on a new floppy drive if that is definitely the
> > problem.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tony
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
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