Rodime 100-meg disks & System 6.0 (was Re: System 6.0 clash with Micah AT100 hard disk?)

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From: Dave Platt
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1988 00:31

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I spoke with Rodime tech support this morning.  They confirmed that
their disk-driver does have problems under System 6.0;  the symptoms
match the behavior I had seen (can't initialize the disk under 6.0;
can't run Disk First Aid 1.4).

Their engineers are working to isolate the cause of the incompatibility.
For now, the recommended fix is "Don't do that";  if it's necessary to
reformat or erase one of these disks, do so under System 4.2 or earlier
(boot from an old master floppy).  Once initialized, the disks can be
used under System 6.0 without any problems, they say (this matches my
experience).

The guy to whom I spoke confirmed a rumor I had heard... Rodime is some
weeks away (perhaps two months) from releasing a formatter/installer for
Rodime disks that will support disk partitioning.  It'll be available
through Rodime dealers.
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From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
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Subject: Rodime 100-meg disks & System 6.0 (was Re: System 6.0 clash with Micah AT100 hard disk?)
Summary: Rodime has trouble, too.
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Date: 12 Jul 88 00:31:55 GMT
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