do you have an 80gig maxtor diamondmax plus 9 hd set up with hdtoolbox? then PLS help!

[Framiga]

by Im>bE on 2003/7/24 20:05:00

Now the scsi direct partition can't write
beyond 7.8 gig of the hd...

AFAIK with the standard IDE interface and PfsDirectScsi, the limit is near 8GB.

I think you need IDEFix97 with plain PFS3.

If you'll install IdeFix97, you must add the option:

SetPatch SKIPROMUPDATES "scsi.device" QUIET

Ciao

PS- IMHO buy a FastATA interface (PowerFlyer PioMode4) :-)

-edit

have you checked that the old HD partitions, has the same Mask and MaxTransfer like the new one?

[pVC]

He doesn't have the os rom updates in use at all, so the setpatch option isn't needed If he'd have the updated scsi.device, then there wouldn't be any problems at all

[Im>bE]

>If he'd have the updated scsi.device, then there wouldn't be any problems at all

ye, tell me about it.

the thing is that the rom updates
either crash or slow down reading (not writing)
on any of my hds.

im trying to use blizkick to install the scsi.device atm.

[Im>bE]

no luck with blizkick.
it says: "mapped rom, but unable to plant module"
when I try to plant the scsi.device module.

now I have enabled the rom update again,
to see if it is any better,
but it is still slow as hell when reading from hd.
I would say about 1/4 speed as without the update.

WHY is it slowing it down so much???
is this ONLY to me?
is there something wrong with the scsi
Is there something wrong with my miggy?

I just can't get myself to use this slow slow disk access.

Its true! reading from hd gets darn slow
with the BB39-2 rom update on my A1260 aga.
I also think the rest of the system gets equally slower...

[Framiga]

by Im>bE on 2003/7/25 0:59:23

>If he'd have the updated scsi.device, then there wouldn't be any problems at all

ye, tell me about it.

the thing is that the rom updates
either crash or slow down reading (not writing)
on any of my hds.

im trying to use blizkick to install the scsi.device atm.

But . . . . you haven't the RomUpdate running???

You'll never see all the 80GB of your new HD !

So, use PFS with Idefix97.

Ciao

PS-for the speed problem, try to disable ONLY the RomUpdate scsi.device with:

SetPatch SKIPROMUPDATES "scsi.device" QUIET

[Im>bE]

>So, use PFS with Idefix97.

I hate idefix.
it fxxks up EVERY possible thing it can.

>PS-for the speed problem, try to disable ONLY the RomUpdate scsi.device

I could do that,
but the new scsi.device is the ONE thing I want,
so if I find out that the rom update runs perfectly
WITHOUT it, then I might
blow up my head in PURE irritation!
 
any other device that could slow down my system?

[Im>bE]

My head just blew up.

Im scraping off the mess off my monitor as I type...

so when the -only- thing I need slows down reading from hd to 1/4, what do I do?

is there anything I can do
to fix the new scsi.device to work on my setup?

nah, probably not...