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2011-12-11 by Simon
Hi All I have an Emax II which will only boot from floppy, despite setting the boot ID differently in the System. It will happily read the HD and all the banks on it, but will only boot from floppy. I have tried other HDs but still no joy.. is this likely to be a boot ROM issue?.. can this be easily fixed?.. Simon
2011-12-11 by jammie
hd needs to be on scsi id 0 for booting from as its the same for the emax1 as we have also done the same but when you switch of the machine the machine does not know this sollection becuase there is no os in the machine so it loads from floppy becuase there is no hd on scsi id 0
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:52 PM
Subject: [emax] Emax II not booting from HD
Hi All
I have an Emax II which will only boot from floppy, despite setting the boot ID differently in the System.
It will happily read the HD and all the banks on it, but will only boot from floppy.
I have tried other HDs but still no joy.. is this likely to be a boot ROM issue?.. can this be easily fixed?..
Simon
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-12-11 by jammie
sorry for the typo selection is what i ment to write
----- Original Message -----
From: jammie
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Emax II not booting from HD
hd needs to be on scsi id 0 for booting from
as its the same for the emax1 as we have also done the same but when you switch of the machine the machine does not know this sollection becuase there is no os in the machine so it loads from floppy becuase there is no hd on scsi id 0
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:52 PM
Subject: [emax] Emax II not booting from HD
Hi All
I have an Emax II which will only boot from floppy, despite setting the boot ID differently in the System.
It will happily read the HD and all the banks on it, but will only boot from floppy.
I have tried other HDs but still no joy.. is this likely to be a boot ROM issue?.. can this be easily fixed?..
Simon
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-12-11 by Richard Spoula
This works for me: --Try to boot the OS floppy and pull it out before the boot is finished. Then the Emax II will search for the files it needs and if the HD you have has the OS on it, it will find the OS and boot from the HD then you'll be good for awhile. This works for me every time I have the issue. Probably a glitch in older EmaxII's vs. newer. Other than that verify you have the OS installed on the HD. This may also be associated with a slower than required POST for the HD so the EMAX II doesn't recognize itself as having an HD attached. By putting the floppy in you delay the time that EMAX II giving it more time to assess there is a HD attached. GOOD luck, Skip
From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:53 AM To: emax@yahoogroups.com Subject: [emax] Emax II not booting from HD Hi All I have an Emax II which will only boot from floppy, despite setting the boot ID differently in the System. It will happily read the HD and all the banks on it, but will only boot from floppy. I have tried other HDs but still no joy.. is this likely to be a boot ROM issue?.. can this be easily fixed?.. Simon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2011-12-11 by jammie
thats a very bad bodge and you will eventually ruin your floppy or floppy controller please dont do stupid things like this or give advise on bad practice this is a professional forum with highly professional users if you cant do some thing ask the right people as for this persons advice its tosh and not very good for the forum tell people how to use there machines properly please otherwise keep your bodges to yourself then if you damage your machine its your fualt and no one elses but when you tell other people to do it and there machine breaks then that is your fualt so dont publish this type of info any more thankyou
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Spoula
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: [emax] Emax II not booting from HD
This works for me: --Try to boot the OS floppy and pull it out before the
boot is finished. Then the Emax II will search for the files it needs and
if the HD you have has the OS on it, it will find the OS and boot from the
HD then you'll be good for awhile. This works for me every time I have the
issue. Probably a glitch in older EmaxII's vs. newer. Other than that verify
you have the OS installed on the HD. This may also be associated with a
slower than required POST for the HD so the EMAX II doesn't recognize itself
as having an HD attached. By putting the floppy in you delay the time that
EMAX II giving it more time to assess there is a HD attached.
GOOD luck,
Skip
From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:53 AM
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [emax] Emax II not booting from HD
Hi All
I have an Emax II which will only boot from floppy, despite setting the boot
ID differently in the System.
It will happily read the HD and all the banks on it, but will only boot from
floppy.
I have tried other HDs but still no joy.. is this likely to be a boot ROM
issue?.. can this be easily fixed?..
Simon
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-12-12 by Simon
I know this was the case with Emax Is, but my other Emax II will happily boot from any SCSI ID once set in the master settings. The uncooperative Emax doesn't do the SCSI ID scan either but simply demands a system floppy. Were there many differences between the board revisions?.. Simon --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
> > hd needs to be on scsi id 0 for booting from > > as its the same for the emax1 as we have also done the same but when you switch of the machine the machine does not know this sollection becuase there is no os in the machine so it loads from floppy becuase there is no hd on scsi id 0 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Simon > To: emax@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:52 PM > Subject: [emax] Emax II not booting from HD > > > > Hi All > > I have an Emax II which will only boot from floppy, despite setting the boot ID differently in the System. > It will happily read the HD and all the banks on it, but will only boot from floppy. > I have tried other HDs but still no joy.. is this likely to be a boot ROM issue?.. can this be easily fixed?.. > > Simon > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >