Emax

Hi all,

I just installed a Conner 540 MB Hard drive in my Emax II rack, and it works great, but...

I cannot get the system to default to SCSI 1, where the hard drive is. I have the OS loaded onto the HD and would like to have the unit boot from there. When I fire it up, it defaults to the floppy, and when there is no floppy, it reads "loading software...disk not formatted" I will do this for a minute or two and then check SCSI 5, then finally get to the hard drive. When I go to the master menu and set the boot ID to SCSI 1, the display reads "saving", but when I restart the system I get the whole thing I described again.

HELP!!

Also, I'm currently running the OS ver. 2.0 Does anybody have the most current verion (or know where to get it...)

Thanks,
Frank

Hi,
The SCSI drive will take quite some time to speed up to full speed and be
ready for read/write. This is because the drives microprocessor is carrying
out its diagnostics. This can easily take 12 seconds+. The Emax II looks for
boot drives in SCSI ID order starting with 0 (floppy) and through to 7. If
the boot drive isn't ready it will cycle round the ID's looking for the
first boot record it can find. It is therefoe usually a good idea to set the
SCSI drive to 5 or later to give time for the drive to get ready. You have
worked out how to set the SCSI boot ID so thats cool.

You may find that the Conner is too slow, and it takes a second cycle for
the drive to be ready.

It also sounds like the floppy drive is registering a diskette in it when
its empty. Try inserting and ejecting a diskette to see if that clears it.
The Emax shouldn't be trying to read the drive if there is no floppy in it
(there isn't is there?)

We can send you Emax II OS 2.14 for free, this version is better at SCSI.
Send us your postal address off list to rob@....

Regards
Rob

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: francopz@... [mailto:francopz@...]
  Sent: 10 December 2001 19:03
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [emax] Need SCSI Help!


  Hi all,

  I just installed a Conner 540 MB Hard drive in my Emax II rack, and it
works great, but...

  I cannot get the system to default to SCSI 1, where the hard drive is. I
have the OS loaded onto the HD and would like to have the unit boot from
there. When I fire it up, it defaults to the floppy, and when there is no
floppy, it reads "loading software...disk not formatted" I will do this for
a minute or two and then check SCSI 5, then finally get to the hard drive.
When I go to the master menu and set the boot ID to SCSI 1, the display
reads "saving", but when I restart the system I get the whole thing I
described again.

  HELP!!

  Also, I'm currently running the OS ver. 2.0 Does anybody have the most
current verion (or know where to get it...)

  Thanks,
  Frank

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Hi, I was wondering...
Is this the disk you have?
Conner model CFS540A 540Mb IDE ? 
I have the chance to purchase one and I would like to make sure.
Thanks for you help...
Al.

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	francopz@... [mailto:francopz@...]
		Sent:	Monday, December 10, 2001 2:03 PM
		To:	emax@yahoogroups.com
		Subject:	[emax] Need SCSI Help!

		Hi all,

		I just installed a Conner 540 MB Hard drive in my Emax II
rack, and it works great, but...

		I cannot get the system to default to SCSI 1, where the hard
drive is. I have the OS loaded onto the HD and would like to have the unit
boot from there. When I fire it up, it defaults to the floppy, and when
there is no floppy, it reads "loading software...disk not formatted" I will
do this for a minute or two and then check SCSI 5, then finally get to the
hard drive. When I go to the master menu and set the boot ID to SCSI 1, the
display reads "saving", but when I restart the system I get the whole thing
I described again.

		HELP!!

		Also, I'm currently running the OS ver. 2.0 Does anybody
have the most current verion (or know where to get it...)

		Thanks,
		Frank

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Hi,
The Emax II needs to use SCSI drives, like the Conner CP-30540 (540MB). You
could use an IDE to SCSI converter card (which the ESI certainly works with)
but that adds $70. A list of tested SCSI drives is on our web site.

Rob

Hi, I was wondering...
Is this the disk you have?
Conner model CFS540A 540Mb IDE ?
I have the chance to purchase one and I would like to make sure.
Thanks for you help...
Al.


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That's the model number, but make sure that it has a 50 pin SCSI connector.

Actually, disregard that last message, mine is CP30540.