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From: sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 5 1/4" Floppy
Summary: PC Utils with Starboard
Message-ID: <192@tlvx.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 89 16:41:07 GMT
References: <1333@wasatch.UUCP> <5160029@hplsla.HP.COM>
Organization: Temporal Vortex of Jacksonville, Florida
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> I have a homebrew-hack 5.25 drive on my 1000.  There are cases where it
> doesn't work with the PC utils.  Don't know if Dos-2-Dos expects things
> same as PC Utils.  But PC Utils complain if you have mounted the disk.
> Also, if I have a Starboard hung off the side, the 5.25 drive works fine
> except that, again, PC Utils can't use it.  Never figured out just why.
> 
> Tom Bruhns
> tomb%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com

I have the "real" 5.25" drive on my Amiga 1000, and also the Starboard II.
I cannot use the PC Utils to do a copy unless I get rid of all fast mem.
What's odd is that "nofastmem" doesn't seem to help!  There's a utility called
"nofast" which reboots your machine; when it comes back up, it only shows the
first 512K chip memory (as if your autoconfig board was disconnected), and
PC Utils work fine.  Also, I too cannot mount the 5.25" drive without the PC
copy program complaining.  So, I suspect the problem isn't your hacked drive,
but for all 5.25" drives. (The PC Format program seems to handle more conditions
than the copy program, but I can't remember the exact cases at the moment.)

Er, I guess the "why" is that PC Utils doesn't work with expansion RAM....
(It's my first USENET post... flame via e-mail please! :-) 'Sides, I like mail.)

Gary Wolfe   ....uunet!hite386!tlvx!sysop