A2090A and big HD
Having troubles getting an A2090A interface to work with my new Fujitsu
M2684SAU hard drive (528 MB SCSI).
The HD is set up at SCSI ID 2, Unit Attention = disabled, SCSI Bus Parity
= enabled, SCSI/CCI level set to CCS/SCSI-1 (not SCSI-2), and motor
control = auto. Terminator resistor pack removed – the HD is between the
A2090A and my 105MB quantum (terminators in place).
Am using PREP version 33.34, and I think this is where my problems may
lie. When I use the Cyl/Head/SCT as the ATA interface version of this
drive (IDE??) (1024/16/63), go thru PREP (set cylinders start/end to 2,
buffers to 1), when I get to the end and tell it to go ahead, it says
device not prepped.
In the mountlist for RESx:, the unit is set to 5 (SCSI device 2).
Now if I use any other numbers for Cyl/Head/SCT, such as 1024/8/126 or
4096/4/63, then after telling PREP to go ahead and do it's deed, the
system seems to go dead. I can select other windows, but that they will
not be drawn correctly if brought to the front, and there is no other
activity being done – forget menus, keyboard input, etc.
I am of the feeling PREP or the A2090A can not handle large drives. Am in
the process of trying to get myself an A2091 interface.
Any suggestions?
73, Kelly