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2011-06-07 by Adam
I've received a 3.1 HD boot disk to my EII+ HD (big big thanks to Brandt!) but there's something wrong still. I've tried to format the disk (Catalog, 22) and it says "Hard Disk Err 03". Anyone know this error? There's also a HD TEST menu (20), but i have no idea how it supposed to work. Obviously i would not hunt for a new Miniscribe HD until i figured out it is really the HD. Any help appreciated!
2011-08-14 by Adam
Ok, this is the strangest error. Almost everyone i talked to were betting on hard disk failure. It is a user failure as you'll see soon :) My EIIHD's 20 pin ribbon is not marked for some reason. I put it back in the wrong way while i was replacing the LCD. I realised it during my last attempt, when i wanted to remove the HD: i wanted to see what makes bypass the HD checking during boot, and realized, that it still would try formatting the HD when the 20 pin ribbon was not even connected. I turned it over and lookie...a totally error free 20MB miniscribe is back. Not my content though, because it really tried to format it and it had success partly. Though i am not sure i want to use the HD as it is noisy and stuff, and now i made the HxC beautifully run. If anyone knew how to bypass HD check at the start, please let me know! thanks! --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <fake@...> wrote:
> > I've received a 3.1 HD boot disk to my EII+ HD (big big thanks to Brandt!) but there's something wrong still. I've tried to format the disk (Catalog, 22) and it says "Hard Disk Err 03". > > Anyone know this error? > > There's also a HD TEST menu (20), but i have no idea how it supposed to work. > > Obviously i would not hunt for a new Miniscribe HD until i figured out it is really the HD. > > Any help appreciated! >
2011-08-15 by zomnius@ymail.com
maybe using an other operating system disk, for when its like a pc, the order of disk starting, should be floppy first and then th hd? The earlier version of the disk should then not search for the HD if it's not connected. maybe give that a try? cheers Z. --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <fake@...> wrote:
> > Ok, this is the strangest error. Almost everyone i talked to were betting on hard disk failure. It is a user failure as you'll see soon :) > > My EIIHD's 20 pin ribbon is not marked for some reason. I put it back in the wrong way while i was replacing the LCD. > > I realised it during my last attempt, when i wanted to remove the HD: i wanted to see what makes bypass the HD checking during boot, and realized, that it still would try formatting the HD when the 20 pin ribbon was not even connected. I turned it over and lookie...a totally error free 20MB miniscribe is back. Not my content though, because it really tried to format it and it had success partly. > > Though i am not sure i want to use the HD as it is noisy and stuff, and now i made the HxC beautifully run. If anyone knew how to bypass HD check at the start, please let me know! > > thanks! > > > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <fake@> wrote: > > > > I've received a 3.1 HD boot disk to my EII+ HD (big big thanks to Brandt!) but there's something wrong still. I've tried to format the disk (Catalog, 22) and it says "Hard Disk Err 03". > > > > Anyone know this error? > > > > There's also a HD TEST menu (20), but i have no idea how it supposed to work. > > > > Obviously i would not hunt for a new Miniscribe HD until i figured out it is really the HD. > > > > Any help appreciated! > > >
2011-08-18 by Adam
i doubt that it was OS dependent! i tried it back then, but now i am gonna try again.
2011-08-18 by ditabeardmemo
I believe the Emulator II+ HD software will always check for the presence of a hard drive. You may need to use a boot disk for a standard Emulator II or Emulator II+ to eliminate any functions pertaining to the hard drive. --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <fake@...> wrote:
> > Ok, this is the strangest error. Almost everyone i talked to were betting on hard disk failure. It is a user failure as you'll see soon :) > > My EIIHD's 20 pin ribbon is not marked for some reason. I put it back in the wrong way while i was replacing the LCD. > > I realised it during my last attempt, when i wanted to remove the HD: i wanted to see what makes bypass the HD checking during boot, and realized, that it still would try formatting the HD when the 20 pin ribbon was not even connected. I turned it over and lookie...a totally error free 20MB miniscribe is back. Not my content though, because it really tried to format it and it had success partly. > > Though i am not sure i want to use the HD as it is noisy and stuff, and now i made the HxC beautifully run. If anyone knew how to bypass HD check at the start, please let me know! > > thanks! > > > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <fake@> wrote: > > > > I've received a 3.1 HD boot disk to my EII+ HD (big big thanks to Brandt!) but there's something wrong still. I've tried to format the disk (Catalog, 22) and it says "Hard Disk Err 03". > > > > Anyone know this error? > > > > There's also a HD TEST menu (20), but i have no idea how it supposed to work. > > > > Obviously i would not hunt for a new Miniscribe HD until i figured out it is really the HD. > > > > Any help appreciated! > > >