OS 3.9 + IdeFix CD rom Problem

[Framiga]

your not using IdeFIX software at all.

uncomment ALL the above posted idefix lines otherwise your 2nd channel will not work (and re-edit the CD0 dosdriver with atapi.device as well)

btw ... unit 2 is on the second channel

ah ... and install BB1 and BB2 as soon as possible

"and putted SetPatch V44.16"

[Framiga]

wait a moment ... going to dinner :-)

Edit- ok have you read what i posted? forget it! :-)

LoadIDe is ok ... only replace scsi.device with atapi.device in CD0 dosdriver

[Daniele]

I have eaven tried to install IdeFix Express over OS 3.9 but it reaptes the error 'could not find atapi.cdrom on 1

What the heck is going on!

[Framiga]

atapi.device

anyway sorry but now i have Liverpool-Inter on the way! :-)

[A4000_Mad]

Daniele wrote:

What the heck is going on!

That's what we're all wondering :-D

CD0:Uninitialized can simply mean that it is an unreadable CD. You get the same thing for a faulty floppy as you will know.

I'm not familiar with the Express gadget as I have old 4 way buffered IDE interfaces in my A1200 Towers. But from my experience you either have a driver using 'scsi.device' and L:CDfilesystem

OR

atapi.device and L:CacheCDFS


The screengrab below shows that I can get two icons for the same OS3.9 CD. I've click on each icon and selected 'Infornation' from the top of the Workbench screen. I had put two drivers called CD0 and CD2 into Workbench:Devs/DOSDrivers.





My A4000 Desktop using OS3.9 has 2 IDE leads and has IDEfix97 running. The 1st lead has Unit 0 (Master hard drive) and unit 1 (Nothing attached). The 2nd IDE lead has Unit 2 (Master CDrom) and Unit 3 (Slave Zip drive)

Check you have the files 'IDEfix' and 'LoadIDE' in your C drawer of Workbench. These lines in your startup-sequence should *not* have semi colons in front of them or they will be deactivated:-

If exists C:IDEfix
C:IDEfix
End If

Check the jumpers on your devices and the IDE lead positions you've got them attached. Check the unit number your CDrom driver is set to. Do you want me to E-mail FindDevice to you?

[Thomas]

What I have done is:

Formatted the A1200 and installed with OS 3.1

Installed IdeFix Express

Created an Emergency Disk with the CD 0S 3.9

Now copy atapi.device from from OS3.1/devs to df0:devs.

Installed the OS 3.9

Now copy atapi.device from from df0:devs to OS3.9/devs.

Stop here. Do not edit anything. Do not read anything. (Actually you may read the FAQ, but you should not execute any tip of which you don't understand *why* they suggest it and what it does).

Your problem is that you use a 4-way adapter on your IDE bus and the FAQ tells you how to get rid of IDEfix if you *don't* use a 4-way adapter. OS 3.9 does not support 4-way adapters by itself. You *need* IDEfix (or part of it, namely atapi.device) to drive the adapter.

The unit number tells it all. A "normal" IDE bus only has two units: 0 = master and 1 = slave. Your CD drive is at unit 2, so you have a 4-way adapter which has four units: 0 = primary master, 1 = primary slave, 2 = secondary master, 3 = secondary slave. But units 2 and 3 are only accessible through the IDEfix software, either atapi.device or scsi.device patched by IDEfix or LoadIDE.

Be,
Thomas

[Daniele]

I followed the advices of Thomas, A4000_mad and Framiga

I installed IdeFix over OS 3.9 too

But what I have is black screen and nothing booting.

If I disconnect the CD-Roms appears

Cannot open "atapi.device" unit 2

Please help me my head is burning
 :madashell:

[karel]

i have atapi.device 120.5
idefix 119.17
no error here.
os3.9 +b1+b2
A1200=mediator=voodo-SB=netcard 10/100-
HD 40gig and 1 cdroms+CD-writer.
48mb.

[Daniele]

Problem solved!

 :-D

[Framiga]

curious, curious! ... how? :-)