Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:76004 comp.sys.amiga.tech:17579 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!asgard!dogmelb!david From: david@dogmelb.dog.oz.au (David Le Blanc) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: SyQuest corruption! [was Re: HD Errors] Summary: Is that a removable syquest? FFS doesnt support removable media!!! Message-ID: <141@dogmelb.dog.oz.au> Date: 7 Jan 91 23:34:30 GMT References: <1991Jan5.235810.25940@nas.nasa.gov> <17158@cbmvax.commodore.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: CSIRO Division of Geomechanics Australia Lines: 34 In article <17158@cbmvax.commodore.com>, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes: > In article <1991Jan5.235810.25940@nas.nasa.gov> ranma@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez) writes: > > >I can NOT use my Syquest on FFS without seeing eventual errors crop up. ALL > >my Syquest carts are OFS formatted. With 40 megs worth of anim files to > >deal with, I can't afford to do it any other way! And these wern't simple > >valadation errors...these were bad read/write errors that always got me stuck > >on a bad block. Hey! Aren't SyQuest drives a removable media drive?!?!?!!? Since when did FFS support removable media?!!? The only places I have seen a SyQuest work properly are with a GVP controller using a *** Specially hacked FFS *** to deal with removable media, and under 2.0. If that is the case, then when ever you switch disks, the FFS doesnt know about it, and the next time you write to the disk, you probably write the wrong bitmap back!!! It may take several disk swaps, and maybe several boots/days to fully kill a disk, but I can see it happening... PS, I borrowed a SyQuest from a friend, and proved to myself the commodore controller couldnt handle the removable media. And YES, I got read write errors galore! WB2.0 fixed this! > Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. > {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com BIX: rjesup -- Email: david@dogmelb.dog@munnari.oz | Division of Geomechanics, TEL. (03) 881 1355 | CSIRO, P.O. Box 54 FAX (03) 881 2052 | Mt Waverley 3149, | AUSTRALIA.