Re: Hard disc formatters! HELP!

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From: Clive Jones
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 15:31

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In article <1992Oct3.214943.2529@csd.brispoly.ac.uk> r_voisey@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (R Voisey) writes:
>Are you using the unit as your primary drive?  I've had a lot of problems
>getting anything other than Conner units to work reliably as the first drive
>(although most units work OK as second drives).  I haven't tried a Cumulus
>drive (haven't heard of them for that matter), but most Seagate drives have
>problems.

Yes - the problem is a bug in RiscOS 3.0, which is fixed in 3.1 . The
only drives I have known to work as a master with slave attached on
the A5000 under RO3.0 are Conner and Samsung. I hear rumours that a
few more will work in a one-drive configuration.

(Gripe: Why couldn't Acorn put a few more LED slots along the fascia
of the A5000? It would be nice to have independent drive lights for
two hard discs, if you have them fitted.)

--Clive.

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