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Re: adaptec2940/quantum problems

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From: bbraun
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 05:09
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In <NEWTNews.819496475.13845.apmorgan@us010277>, andrew p morgan <apmorgan@interramp.com> writes:
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>I am having troubles installing a quantum atlas 4gig scsi drive.
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>I have successfully copied files from my 1.2gig eide conner to my
>quantum 4gig atlas, now i want to remove my eide and boot off my 
>quantum.
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>when i remove cable to eide drive and eliminate from my CMOS setup
>and try to boot from scsi drive i get disk I/O error.
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>i tried booting from startup disk and run fdisk i get a can't find
>fixed disk error. when i put eide drive back in fdisk runs fine.
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>i'm  trying to set my scsi drive as the active partition, but since i can't
>run fdisk without eide drive installed and fdisk only lets eide drive be 
>active partition, i'm in a catch-22
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>i'm using regular dos fdisk and format, since adaptec low level format 
>utility fails
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>any help is appreciated
>andrew
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Also, make sure that the BIOS on the host adapter is set to "on," since
you can't use a device driver before you boot (OK, this may sound like
a no-brainer, but guess who screwed this up once <oops> ).

Benjamin Braun
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Subject: Re: adaptec2940/quantum problems
Date: 28 Dec 1995 05:09:00 GMT
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