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From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 5 1/4" Floppy
Message-ID: <17050@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 89 21:05:19 GMT
References: <1333@wasatch.UUCP> <5160029@hplsla.HP.COM> <192@tlvx.UUCP>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <192@tlvx.UUCP> sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) writes:
 >> 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

 >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....

No, I also have an A1000 with Starboard II and 1020 drive, and I use
the PC-Utils all the time, and I rarely have a problem with it.  Of
course, if I mount the 1020 (df2:) then the PC-Utils won't work, but
this is stated in the documentation.  Your fastmem problem must be
caused by something else.

-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP