#IBeM + Hard Drive
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Has anyone set up an MS-DOS partition on their A3000 for use with IBeM ?
I have not had much success and I'm sure the problem lies in the mountlist
entry. I have a 50 meg hard drive and I am not sure about the number of
surfaces to use. I have set up a partition and am using the correct
high/low cylinder values. I am using CrossDos with IBeM.
JP
John,
I was having problems until I named the device hddisk.device. I
deduced this from the device name used by AMAX II for the Commodore
controller. Also try to match the other entry samples in the IBeM docs. I
haven't been able to boot the operating system directly from the drive yet
but I can access & use the hard drive otherwise.
———————————————-Don- via Whap!
Ahh…I've been using scsi.device because that is what HDTools seems to
use. I'll give hddisk a try. Do you by chance know how many surfaces the
Quantum 50 meg drive uses ?
John,
No, I'm not sure how many surfaces the Quantum uses since Commodore
does not include a user manual for the drive with the 3000. I love that
part of the 3000 manual that says refer to you hard drive manual as though
everyone should have one. I use 4 surfaces with my Seagate (no manual with
that either) & I know someone that uses 2 surfaces in his mountlist (I
don't know what model hard drive he has).
———————————————-Don- via Whap!