[iyonix-support] Re: Floppy drive
- From: Dr Alan Leighton <alan.leighton2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:38:18 +0100
In message <50808e4b0ajohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
John M Ward <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <3ad28b8050.alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Dr Alan Leighton <alan.leighton2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Although my Iyonix Floppy Drive lights up when loading the icon does
>> not appear on the bar. I want to use a floppy but can not. Can anyone
>> help please?
> The first thing to check is in Configuration. Double-click on !Boot,
> select the Discs icon from te resultant Configuration window, and ensure
> "Floppy discs" is set to 1 rather than 0 (as I suspect it might be). Click
> on the "Set" button and that should solve it, though it might need a
> re-boot to recognise it.
No it is set to 1. Alas.
> Now, most (if not all) of these boot-up and related problems I find easy
> to avoid by the simple expedient of (a) saving the configuration (which
> goes inside !Boot) and then copying that fully working !Boot to a backup
> directory on the same drive -- as well as, of course, taking safety copies
> elsewhere. Eggs in one basket, and all that...
> If then, at any future time, there is a problem with boot-up or something
> that fails to initialise, all one has to do is rename !Boot as (for
> example) TempBoot and copy (I suggest, rather than move) the backup !Boot
> in its place. Then restart the Iyonix and all ought to be well.
> If the configuration of things like number of drives or filer/window
> options still isn't correct, then a "Load CMOS" from the Configuration
> window's menu will restore the saved copy I mentioned above.
> All this sounds longer than it really is, and of course it also applies to
> non-Iyonix RISC OS computers, but it might help reduce the amount of worry
> for subscribers to this list if these actually elementary precautions were
> taken. Incidentally, it's one of the advantages of "our" system that it
> is easy and safe to copy these essential parts of the system and
> restore/replace them easily -- something that doesn't apply to some other
> systems one could mention...
I was running a HD that crashed and then rewired the second HD
changing its name from 6 to four. Do you think that has something to
do with it. The CD works fine though. Once I am up and running I will
do what you say. Meantime I am stuck.8-(
Alan
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