Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!apple!sun-barr!lll-winken!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Help! StarDrive woes Message-ID: Date: 1 Dec 89 10:12:49 GMT References: <7248@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 35 In-reply-to: dawill@hubcap.clemson.edu's message of 30 Nov 89 04:05:55 GMT >>>>> On 30 Nov 89 04:05:55 GMT, dawill@hubcap.clemson.edu (david williams) said: david> Recently, I picked up a used StarBoard II, which I am really happy with. david> However, I also recently bought a stardrive to go in it. I was thinking - david> 'Hey, this is one of the cheapest SCSI controllers on the market, I can pick david> it up now and use it untill I can afford a HardFrame or something...' david> However, it won't work. When I try the supplied installation software, david> I get a OpenDevice failure requestor that says it cannot open the david> stardrive.device. Check the connections and configuration switches on your hard drive. If the interface can't talk to the drive, you'll get this error. david> Huh? I noticed that the device driver is one of the david> expansion-directory types, where you have to issue the BindDrivers command david> to load it. When I say binddrivers, though, the device does not appear to david> load. (I checked with eps. All my other device drivers are there, this one david> isn't.) Anybody with a starboard have a clue? Someone from Microbotics? Make sure you have the icon.library around when you issue BindDrivers, as well as the .info file for the Stardrive device driver in the Expansion drawer. Otherwise the attempt will fail. I really wish Microbotics had written documentation for their product. Don't expect them to be helpful if you call them on the phone with a question, either. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. portuesi@SGI.COM Entry Systems Division -- Engineering He says, "Take me to your leader" -- and I say, "Do you mean....George?"