CompuServe Thread

John, The "special" operation comes when you want to format a new cartridge – the Kronos FORMATTER won't allow you to format a MOUNTED drive. So you have to BOOT from the Kronos Utilities floppy (with the LEFT mouse button depressed so the hard drives don't automount) to format the new cartridge. DISKCHANGE is an AMIGADOS command. So if your SYQUEST is installed as DH1: you'd DISKCHANGE DH1: after you change a cartridge. It is really no big deal. I don't treat those cartridges like floppies, so I've never had to DiskChange much. *NOTE* – make SURE you FORMAT and PARTITION your cartridges IDENTICALLY! Personally, I format each cartridge as ONE partition, and use SUBDIRECTORIES to organize things. Speed of the Syquest is pretty good. A little better than the Seagate 157N-1 that I have. Assuming you already have a hard drive as DH0:, and are adding the Syquest as DH1:, this should be ALL the info you need to use the Syqest with your Kronos: Kronos DEVSETUP for DH0: (Seagate 157N) and DH1: (Syquest 44 meg) —————————————————————– Device CLtd.device /* Set Device */ Define Handler SCSIf.handler /* Define Handler code file name */ Load Handler SCSIf.handler /* Load Handler code segment */ Define Driver HardDisk.driver /* Define Driver code file name */ Load Driver HardDisk.driver /* Load Driver code segment */ Initialize Handler 100 /* Initialize Handler */ HandlerCode SCSIf.Handler /* Code Segment Name */ TaskName SCSI_Bus_1 /* Set Up Task Name */ TaskPriority 15 /* Handler's Task Priority */ StackSize 400 /* Stack Size */ HostAddress 7 /* Our SCSI address number */ Flags Arbitrate /* Enable Arbitration */ Flags NoDisable_IRQ /* Do Not Hold Off Interrupts */ [ MORE ]

[ continuation ] ExitInit Initialize Unit 1000 /* Initialize Unit */ DriverCode HardDisk.driver /* Unit driver code segment */ HandlerNumber 100 /* Uses SCSI From Above */ TaskName Unit_1000 /* Set Up Task Name */ TaskPriority 12 /* Unit's Task Priority */ StackSize 400 /* Stack Size */ AutoRetries 4 /* Number Of Auto Retries */ BufferSize 9 /* Number Of Block Buffers To Use */ UnitAddress 0 /* Controller's SCSI Address */ Unit_LUN 0 /* Logical Unit Number / Controller */ Flags NoDisable_IRQ /* Hold Of Interrupts */ Flags NoDisableBuffer /* Disable Buffering */ Flags BlockRead /* Block Reads */ Flags BlockWrite /* Block Writes */ Flags NoSectorSize256 /* 256 Byte Sectors */ Flags AdaptiveBuffer /* Adptive Buffering */ Flags NoWriteProtect /* Write Protect */ ExitInit Initialize Unit 1001 /* Initialize Unit */ DriverCode HardDisk.driver /* Unit driver code segment */ HandlerNumber 100 /* Uses SCSI From Above */ TaskName Unit_1000 /* Set Up Task Name */ TaskPriority 12 /* Unit's Task Priority */ StackSize 400 /* Stack Size */ AutoRetries 4 /* Number Of Auto Retries */ BufferSize 9 /* Number Of Block Buffers To Use */ UnitAddress 1 /* Controller's SCSI Address */ Unit_LUN 0 /* Logical Unit Number / Controller */ Flags NoDisable_IRQ /* Hold Off Interrupts */ Flags NoDisableBuffer /* Disable Buffering */ [ MORE ]

[ continuation ] Flags BlockRead /* Block Reads */ Flags BlockWrite /* Block Writes */ Flags NoSectorSize256 /* 256 Byte Sectors */ Flags AdaptiveBuffer /* Adptive Buffering */ Flags NoWriteProtect /* Write Protect */ ExitInit Exit MOUNTLIST ENTRY FOR SYQUEST: —————————- DH1: Device = CLtd.device FileSystem = L:Fastfilesystem DosType = 0x444F5301 Unit = 1001 StackSize = 4000 Surfaces = 2 Flags = 0 BlocksPerTrack = 34 Reserved = 2 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 0 HighCyl = 1275 Buffers = 32 GlobVec = -1 BufMemType = 0 Mount = 1 Startup = 1 # THE KRONOS FORMATTER INFO YOU NEED TO FORMAT A SYQUEST CARTRIDGE USE INSTEAD OF THE INCORRECT DEFAULTS: CLtd-Format_2 Seagate_1.fmt I hope this helps. Lloyd