Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!yale!husc6!uwvax!astroatc!jojo
From: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A2090 + st251 won't prep problem
Keywords: damn, frustration, argh!, $$$ down drain
Message-ID: <927@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 31 Mar 88 14:47:57 GMT
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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Frustration to the nth power squared.  I just hooked up my a2090
controller to my st251 and have found it impossible to prep the
damn thing.  By the way, great error messages that program has --
Device not PREPed -- thanx, I can see that.  ;-) 

Symptoms: Prep asks me a bunch of questions and then starts to prep
the 1st 2 cylinders.  The little green access light on my drive starts
running -- runs for short while (I didn't time it) and goes out.
Meanwhile, the prep program appears to have hung -- I get no message
saying it's done prepping or about to reboot, nothing.  The pointer and
other windows still work...

2 questions:  Where should the jumper on the st251 be, the one between
the cable/board edges?

              What's else am I doing wrong!?!

Thanx in advance,
--j
-- 
jon wesener
... {seismo | harvard | ihnp4} ! {uwvax | cs.wisc.edu} ! astroatc!jojo

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