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From: manes@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Mark Manes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SupraMount and FFS (or mount for that matter)
Summary: Supra drives from hell
Keywords: Any one got it to work right?
Message-ID: <6716@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 23 Nov 88 17:42:41 GMT
References: <1773@scolex>
Reply-To: manes@cs.odu.edu (Mark Manes)
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
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In article <1773@scolex> brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet) writes:
>I just got my 1.3 OS this weekeend, and have been playing
>around trying to make things work properly.  My machine is
>
>Amiga 1000 (no half brite)
>Supra 4x4 with 30 Meg hard disk
>Starboard 2 memory expansion w/ 512K
>
>The Supra is divided into 2 partitions,
>10 Meg (cyl 0-201) and 20 Meg  (cyl 202-599)
>
>I have tried telling the partitioning program 
>"SupraFormat" that both partitions are using the
>new fileystem.  However, their mount command doesn't
>work. It will not mount.  No errors however.  There is
>the requisite "l:newfs" that they want.
>
>I also tried to mount dh0: with mount.  This does work,
>however, every so often the machine completely hangs
>with the hard disk light on.  
>
>Has anyone had any luck with either using the "SupraMount"
>command to use the FFS, or know of tricks for a normal mount?
>If necessary, I can get my mount list.
>
>No, there is no PAL grounding on this machine, I don't think
>that it would make a difference.
>

I just spent last weekend with a friend who bought a Supra drive for
his 2000.  It has given trouble from the very beginning when he went
to the fast file system.  It appears that SupraMount will NOT work if
you use FastMemFirst.  This took quite a bit of playing with to discover.
The Supra installation software if allowed to complete will send the 
2000 into a guru when the fast file system is set up.
 
I truly do not understand why Supra would chose to NOT use the standard
mount command or mountlist.  It is truly annoying.  I had SOME success
with the fast file system when I removed FastMemFirst.  It no longer
guru's but sometimes executables are no longer executable...  

Anyway, I know one hard disk manufacturer I plan to stay away from.
Supra, are you out there?  


>thanks much
>brian moffet
>-- 
>Brian Moffet			{uunet,decvax!microsoft,ucscc}!sco!brianm
> -or-				...sco!alar!brian
>"Evil Geniuses for a better tomorrow!"  My fish and company have policies.
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