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In article <e6so02jx24js01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> kls30@cd.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) writes:
>I have a Micropolis 1588 - 669MB drive.  I have a problem.
>When this drive is sharing the bus I get incomplete transfer error messages.
>This also hoses the UNIX file system on the disk during boot.
>If the drive is on the bus by itself I don't get any problems.
>If the onther device is on the bus alone I don't get any errors.
>
>ANyone have any idea of the problem and/or how to solve it.
>This happens no matter what the second device is.  It has happened
>with just about every device I've tried.  These devices include a SUN CD-rom,
>Quantum LPS-105, and a PLI CD-rom.  THe only device that has been able
>to work with the drive has been a Maxtor 200MB hard drive.
>
>BTW - The system is a NeXTcube with 16MB of ram.
>

The problem is with the 1588's firmware. Just contact Micropolis tech support (a bunch of very nice people) and ask for a firmware upgrade. This will fix your problem.

Joe
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