Blizzard 1230 Mk IV ans SCSI controller

[Roger_S]

hi all,

I recently bought a a1200 with Blizzard 1230 Mk IV ans SCSI controller as a completer set. However the original software from the accelerator was not included.
I found software on an amiga website together with it's manual. The board is installed correctly an seems to work fine. I installed the software using winuae and placed the hdd back into the a1200. When I now try to run the scsi config tools a message appears that the software cannot find ascsi device v7 or higher. I have an external scsi cdrom and harddrive connected and terminated (passive) , but both aren´t detected.  

i'm not in to scsi so it might be that I did something wrong but I can't figure out what that is.

An help please.

Thanks

Roger

Board info: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/blizzard1230mk4

[tokyoracer]

I got issues with that, i'd go into "Devs" and click once on "CD0" if I remember rightly and on the menubar go into "Properties", what info does it display?

[Roger_S]

hi tokyoracer,

I did the following:
Checked in devs if there is a cd0, none.
Checked in c:scsi-tools, there is cd0.
Clicked one, menubar-information.

displays lots of information.


Edit:

Found it in storage:

information:
activate=1
device=scsi.device
unit=2

[tokyoracer]

Basically, you need someone who has better experiance with this and got thair's working (i.e. not me!). I'm still trouble-shooting mine and need to make some time aside to fix it one day.
I'm sure a kind soul on here can help you more then me, sorry. :-(

[Colani1200]

To partition and prepare the hard disk, you have to run HDtoolbox from command line with the correct device as argument, i.e.: "hdtoolbox 1230scsi.device".

To be able to use the CD-ROM, you'll have to install and configure a CD filesystem, like AmiCDFS from Aminet.
EDIT: (assuming you have OS 3.0 or 3.1 installed)

[meega]

Activate=1 means TRUE i.e. it IS working (or supposed to)...
Device= means whatever ".device" is to control it...
Unit=2 means that it is the 2nd LOGICAL device on that controller (device) i.e. the one with its SCSI ID set at 2 on the little wheel/piano arrangement that identifies it in that SCSI chain.

Oh, and I take it that they are all tooltypes in the icon, what does it say in the DOSDriver file itself?

(P.S. I am currently 3 sheets to the wind on Drambuie, so maybe you should rely on somebody else's advice.)

[Colani1200]

meega wrote:
Device= means whatever ".device" is to control it...

In this case, "1230scsi.device".

[Roger_S]

The blizzard software installs amicdfs automatically. I haven't tried the cli command. Will try this now.

 Quote:


    meega wrote:
    Device= means whatever ".device" is to control it...



In this case, "1230scsi.device".




Does this mean i have to change the "icon" properties?

[Colani1200]

Roger_S wrote:
Does this mean i have to change the "icon" properties?

Yes.

EDIT: You probably have to change the "UNIT" value aswell. This is the SCSI id the CD-ROM is jumpered to.

[Roger_S]

Done that,

The scsi tools that i downloaded, now detect the cdplayer and harddrive. So that seems to work fine, I can eject a cd from within this software.

1 question remains and that is how to mount a cd. amicdfs has been installed, but I don't now how to continue or what to expect when to insert a cd.

Thanks for the help sofar!

[amigagr]

@Roger_S: here is an unofficial site with phase5 software [color=ff0000]phase5[/color]
and [color=ff0000]installers heaven[/color]

[Roger_S]

I didn't know that but I got everything working now. CD automounts now.

Thanks for all the help!

[Roger_S]

And we are back...

I installed the MKIV in my A1200D. It worked fine. I haven't touched the amiga for a week an when i just wanted to boot it, I got a little suprise. I doesn't detect the scsi board anymore. AOS3.9 says that it can't find device scsi1230.device. Emergency bootdisk does the same. I can no longer see my scsi hd when I hold down the 2 mouse buttons.

The OS does detect 64MB of RAM (2x32 installed) And I have no strange issue when running OS3.9. I installed the board in another a1200 (spare) and got it working one time only. after a reboot it doesn't do much any more.

Is the scsi card defect or am I missing something?

Regards Roger

[rkauer]

 Check carefully the SCSI chain for bad connections and terminations (specially loose pins and connectors).

 Re-check the HD for abnormal operation.

[merlin3d]

Hi All,

I´ve same problem with my External CDROM SCSI, mount only when Power On External CDROM SCSI(first) and A1200(next), but after eject CDROM and Insert again not mount, same insert another disc no mount.

I´ve been used CacheCDFS and OS 3.9.

thks for any help.  :-)  :rtfm: