Date   : Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:35:20 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: FileStore E01S/E40S

I'll keep you posted on what happens, this is a very curious problem.

I have tried the FileStore formatter many times, it just completely
ignores the disc.  I can generally read other SCSI discs this way but
I can't format them because they don't support 256bps formatting.

I did have the setup working when I first got it, there was quite a lot
of interesting stuff on the hard disc I wanted to have a look at but
before I got round to it, the problem developed.

By the way - I have only got the FileStore formatter & initialiser which
I think I got from 8BS originally but I understand that these utilities
are part of a "dealer test disc" which had other Econet test routines
on and could be used with the Econet Test Box.  Does anybody have
a copy of the full test disc?

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Tomlinson
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent:  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:34:12 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] FileStore E01S/E40S

In article <69C7EB5DC2C141DA80F5D79C9B5B9291.MAI@...>, Ian
Wolstenholme <BBCMailingList@...> writes

>But I might try going back to plugging in the
>second terminated drive and see what happens.

The disc might also be corrupted.  I can't remember what the FileSnore
does if it encounters a corrupt or unformatted disc - it might simply
ignore it.

Have you tried running the remote formatter [1] to find out whether it
can see a disc attached to the FileSnore?

Would you post back when you find the solution?  I'd be interested to
hear what the problem was.

[1] this is a formatter utility which can be run on a Beeb or Master to
format a FileSnore hard disc over the network.  I think there's also an
Arc version.  It's needed for the ExxS as the SCSI drives can't be
attached directly to a BBC/Master for formatting, whereas the non-S Exx
discs can.

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