FastATA4000 Problems!

[Thomas]

If there is nothing connected to the internal IDE bus, it needs up to 30 seconds before it starts to boot. Perhaps you simply didn't wait long enough ?

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Which settings did you make in FastATAPrefs ? If you set the bus to a too high PIO mode it will fail to read from the HDD.

What happens if you choose "Boot without startup-sequence" from the Early-Startup menu ?

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

preacher wrote:
Now I only have one problem left. Getting access to the CDROM. AllegroCDFS is located in the L: drawer and I've also copied the CDx mountlist from the FastATA floppy. The CDROM doesn't show up when I do a manual mount. I have a feeling I'm forgetting something...  :-?

Depending on how many IDE/SCSI buses you have in your Amiga, the device driver of the CD-ROM is either scsi.device, 2nd.scsi.device or 3rd.scsi.device.

Best way to check is to download IDEfix97 archive from Aminet, unpack it (don't install) and run the program FindDevice. It lets you detect the CD drive and will give you the device name and unit number. Then edit the CDx icon to match these values.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

The CD is master on second channel, so the mountlist should be CD2 on 2nd.scsi.device.

Erm, I am not exactly sure now but I think this is not true. I think the device is always the same for both channels and the unit numbers are like this:

first master = 0
first slave = 1
second master = 2
second slave = 3

So if you have only the FastATA controller it is scsi.device unit 2. If you have a drive on the internal IDE bus (which is scsi.device, too), the FastATA becomes 2nd.scsi.device and the second master is still unit 2.

And if you have both a Commodore SCSI controller and an IDE device, the FastATA might become 3rd.scsi.device.

This is the reason why I told you to use FindDevice. It does not only tell you the unit number but also the driver name. It's the best way to be sure.

Bye,
Thomas