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From: consp13@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Marc Cannava)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: WB 2.0 and Janus software -- Incompatible?
Summary: Using PCDisk fails under WB2.0!
Keywords: A3000, Wb2.0, janus
Message-ID: <3639@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 4 Jul 90 22:45:32 GMT
References: <170@coplex.UUCP>
Reply-To: consp13@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu.cc.binghamton.edu (Marc Cannava)
Organization: SUNY Binghamton, NY
Lines: 47

All,

	I've just gotten my new A3000 with A2286 BridgeBoard, and have
been having MANY problems with the installation of the "Virtual PC
hard drive"...

	I've created the "fake" drive with the "Makeab" program. I've
created the sys:pc/system/aboot.CTRL file with the proper path. I've
included the line "run >nil: sys:pc/pcdisk" after the binddrivers
command in my startup-sequence.

	Upon booting the PC side, I never get the "Janus version xxx"
messages that are supposed to come up, like thus:

	Janus Handler version x.xx
	Janus Library version xx.x

	Okay. No panic.

	So I boot off the boot master (disk 1 of 3) and try the jlink
command from the A> prompt. I get an "Amiga service not available"
error. This is with WB/KS 2.0. 

	Panic.

	Even stranger, if I try this exact same thing with WB 1.3/KS
1.3, (I've configured my WB1.3 partition with the Janus software and 
the "aboot.ctrl" file), it works perfectly. I get the "Janus
handler.." messages, and jlink/fdisk/format work perfectly.

	HELP! Does this mean that the PCDISK system is incompatible
with Workbench 2.0? This would be a big problem!!

	(I've tried reformatting a partition of my drive for the Old
File System rather than the Fast File System, because the manual says
some problems with DMA occur under FFS. This did not work, either.)

	I believe the problem may be with PCDisk. It doesn't seem to
want to run properly under 2.0, but this is a guess. PLEASE anyone who
knows, help!

			Please email replies - if anyone's interested,
			I'll post results.


			Thanks in advance,
					\marc