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From: d89-sug@sm.luth.se (Staffan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Need help with Sidecar and Janus hard disk!
Message-ID: <1487@tau.sm.luth.se>
Date: 27 Feb 91 18:05:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden
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I'm currently running a Sidecar 1060 together with my Amiga 1000. I am
using an old version of the Janus library and like to upgrade it to
a later one. I called Commodore and so I received a new 'PC Install' disk.

Now I want to reformat my hard disk (jh0:), because the new Janus
software doesn't seem to like my hard disk format. (I catch up with 'Not
a dos disk in unit 0' when I run DJMount.) Also I'd like to use the FFS.

Here's where the problem comes. I can't format the hard disk, no matter what
I try. All I do after booting is to run Binddrivers and thereafter DJMount.
After this, the format command exits with 'Format failed - not enough
memory'. I have no other tasks running and 512K of ram, so I suppose I
should be able to run a format program without problems.

I have a PC Bios 2.06 and a Kickstart 1.2 (33.180). I was told by commodore
that this was ok, but something is WRONG:-(.

I suppose I don't have a hardware problem since the hard disk runs just f
fine under the older version of Janus.

Another question: Should I be able to run my 1010 3.5" disk drive directly
from the sidecar (the instruction booklet says so.)? I can't. I don't
receive a read/write error, but everything on the disk is rubbish. Do I have
a comfiguration problem?

I'm very thankful for all responses. I'll try everything!

Tanks in advance,

	Staffan

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Staffan Ulfberg
Email address: d89-sug@sm.luth.se
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