Date   : Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:07:29 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: FileStore E01S/E40S

Success!  I don't know exactly what the problem was but at least
I know how I solved it!

I thought I would try connecting up a second hard disc again which
had terminating resistors as an alternative to the plug-in terminator
I had been using.

I used the nearest SCSI disc to me which happened to be an old,
dead Rodime RO3130T and powered it from the Beeb using one
of those lovely new disc drive power leads which arrived this 
morning!

I set the drive number of the E40S to drive 1 using the switch on
the back and ran the FileStore formatter.  When I selected drive 0
it came up with RO3000T and then when I selected drive 1 it
came up with RO3000S, so I booted it all up properly and
sure enough, the E40S was recognised as drive 1!!!

So it must be some kind of termination problem.  It only works
when there is power applied to the second drive.  If there is
no power then the FileStore will ignore the E40S.  If there is
no termination at all then the FileStore will not start up.

Needless to say I am now copying the E40S onto the MDFS!!

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Wolstenholme
To:  <bbc-micro@...>
Sent:  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:35:20 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 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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