Power Flyer & Or Software Problem

[MickTheLip]

When I come to install my Power Flyer I hit a Software Failure Guru. 8000 0006 Task 7800 EF78 However before installing the ATA drivers from the floppy if I open the ATA3 prefs on the floppy it shows all my drives!So what is going wrong?Without installing the Power Flyer Workbench 3.1 is stable but without access to the CDROM or the third HDD on my system.Any ideas??

[amiga92570]

make sure you have the newest setpatch and I believe you have to have MUI install.

[MickTheLip]

I've previously installed on a straight 3.1 Workbench without any problem.It was only after I could not access the HDD I had workbench on that I replaced the HDD and ended up with this problem.

[MickTheLip]

I've tried reinstalling Workbench 3.1 without problems.It shows up HDD1 with partitions for Workbench & Work and it also shows up HDD2 and its partitions.I can get no further because of the installing of the Power Flyer is still causing the same problems that I outlined in my first post.

[MickTheLip]

While trying to sort out my ongoing Power Flyer problem I found the fan had come away from the chip.What is the  best way of resecuring it back in place?

[JaXanim]

You don't appear to have installed the software properly. Without the PF software, you will only see drives attached to the Primary channel, which is what you report. Running ATA3Prefs from the floppy isn't the same as running it from your boot drive as it's intended to run.
What files have your installed/where? and what have you inserted in the Startup Sequence?

Cheers, JaX

[MickTheLip]

When I look in the FastATA prefs on the floppy it reads all my drives on both primary and secondry ide.Ever since I've had the floppy this has worked like this.The difference since I changed the HDD is that after installing from the floppy I keep getting the same guru for software failure.Everytime I reinstall from scratch I keep getting the same guru and it refuses to boot.

[MickTheLip]

As far as installing the software I installed it the same as I always have.Just clicked through all the options it gave me without changing any of the destinations it gave me.I'm a newbie to the Amiga so have yet to discover the CLI and how to access the user/startup sequence as yet.

[MickTheLip]

I've just thought if you saved the ATA Prefs after it reads the drives onto the floppy could that be the problem?Because when the ATA Prefs has shown up all the drives there are options to save make resident(to where?)restore and cancel.It also displays my 68040 processor as detected.It also has The names and makes of all the drives other info is info like the Max PIO and the actual PIO of all the drives plus (UP 4GB NO SPLIT or SPLIT)on the primary IDE.There are also standby options available on all the HDDs.

[MickTheLip]

Just tried to reinstall from another floppy and I got a software failure window come up with the following.
     C:Mount
     Program failed (error#80000008).
     Wait for disk activity to finish.
     Suspend                 Reboot
 
If I suspend it goes to a blank  grey screen with the Workbench screen bar across the top,If I reboot I get the Red software failure guru as stated in one of my earlier posts

[SuperTurbo]

Did you get the latest drivers from Elbox? Mine didn´t work without them on OS3.9 (powerflyer2) Perhaps it´s the same on os3.1 ?

[VooDoo]

Try remove ROM's from socket and put it again...maybe is not good contact...that problem I have when but PF MK-III but after re-install ROM-s all is OK!!

[JaXanim]

From the Power Flyer manual:-

Copy ATA3Prefs to the Prefs: drawer
Copy ATA3.driver to the C: drawer

Add the following to the Startup-sequence:-
C:CheckLMB
IF WARN
SYS:Prefs/ATA3Prefs
ENDIF
C:ATA3.driver QUIET (or for drives over 8GB, RESIDENT QUIET)
With OS3.9 I think you have to also add SKIPROMUPDATES (?)

To edit the Startup-sequence (a simple text file) open a Shell (CLI) by going to the System: drawer and clicking the Shell icon. I think you can also do it directly using Notepad (or whatever the OS3.9 editor is called).

In the CLI interface, type in:-
ed s:startup-sequence

or in Notepad, just open the s:startup-sequence file

When you've opened s-s text file, add the details noted at the top of the listing. When finished save the file. I've forgotten the CLI Save routine, but someone here will tell us.

See if that works.

JaX

PS: Register your PF hardware with Elbox. You'll then be able to get the latest drivers/Prefs files.

[MickTheLip]

With the Window opening and giving me the C:Mount software failure I presume that it cant find the CDRom.When I boot with a 3.1 installer disc if I look in prefs with show all files it shows the ATA prefs.When I click on the icon it shows me all the same information as I can view in the prefs on the floppy install disc for Fast ATA.the only thing that I changed from the origional setup was the HDD.Previously I found that the problem of installing Workbench 3.9 was the CDRom which I changed.If its a software problem then how on earth do I get at the startup sequence to check it against the advice offered.As no way can I access it after booting from the 3.1 install disc.Catch 22 situation

[JaXanim]

I'm getting as confused as you! Disconnect the CD-Rom and any other device on Channel 2. Can you boot into Workbench from the hard drive (primary master device 0?)

Cheers, JaX