SCSI card reader questions....

[blanghorst]

I'm having problems with mine in an A3000.  I have a 1 GB CF card in the CF slot.  I can see the card in HDToolBox and can read the attributes and partition it.  However, I can't see it in the OS at all so I can't format it and when I reboot, I get a Guru error.  My OS is v3.1.  Any hints?  I have to remove the card in order to boot into 3.1 on my SCSI hard drive.

[blanghorst]

Do you have a battery installed?It is needed to address luns.
have you turned LUNS on in the 3000? use a tool like scsiprefs from aminet to do this.you must have a battery to save scsi settings or they revert back to no luns on the next cold boot.
Hd toolbox needs to be told to check luns,check the icon info.

Try formatting the card in the pcmcia/cf adapter plugged into the pcmcia slot on the reader..Once it is setup there,you can move it to the cf slot.
Try different brand cf.
Some cf's are set to removable only and can cause trouble.. If that doesn't work you may also try patching the hdtoolbox prog with the aminet patch so it can handle removable cards better.

Anyone having trouble: please email me direct on the store. My time has been so short i don't get to the forums like i should.

thanks,
 Mech

Yes, I have a working battery and LUNs are enabled.  I'll email you later this evening or tomorrow.  I'll need to order the pcmcia adapter.

[blanghorst]

Ok, so I bought the PCMCIA adapter and a CF card from Mechy and tried it with my A3000D tonight (running 3.1). Here is what I did:
 
1. Insert CF card into adapter and insert into PCMCIA slot. Boot up.
2. Went to HDToolbox and read the configuration. It correctly saw that it was 2 GB. I created a 400 MB partition for the heck of it. I turned autoboot off on the card for now.
3. The OS saw the card find and called it SDH0: and allowed me to format it.
4. I turned the 3000 off, pulled the PCMCIA adapter, removed the CF card, and put it in the CF slot on the reader.
5. When I booted, the OS did not see the formatted card. I went into HDToolbox and the card was detected and everything.
 
Am I doing something wrong, or is it likely an issue with my SCSI chip or something of that nature? I had to turn autoboot off on the card because the system couldn't boot to the hard drive and OS if I didn't (don't know how to set boot priority in AmigaOS).

[blanghorst]

Do you have multiple LUNs enabled?

Yes, multiple LUNs are enabled.

[blanghorst]

Does the CF card boot in the (with adapter) pcmcia lun 0?
 
When the CF card is in the CF slot lun 1 can you mount it with scsi mounter(can get from aminet) or mounter(comes with OS 3.9)

Yes, when in the PCMCIA slot, it will try to boot from the card.
 
I haven't tried SCSI mounter, but I'll try that next.  Thanks

[blanghorst]

That is a very strange problem, i have never ran into it... many people use these on 3.9.
is the pcd50b a lower device # than the other HD?
 
i seem to remember os3.9 tools sometimes set the lastdrive flag and if that is after the HD it may be the problem, but i am just shooting in the dark.
 
It almost seems a os3.9 thing. is it possible to skip the scsi and rom updates for os3.9 and see what happens?
 
Worst case if you simply cannot get it to work to you're satisfaction you can return it for a refund.
 
thanks,
Mech

I'm on 3.1, so I'm not sure if that might introduce some issues.  I also don't know what SCSI chip revision I have.
 
I'll have to check on the device numbers, but I think the reader is a lower device number (reader is device 2 IIRC and the drive is 5 or 6).
 
I appreciate the offer to return it, but I also have an A2000 I can use it in so I don't think I will need to.