[iyonix-support] Re: Formatting "new" disc
- From: David Pitt <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:59:50 +0000
Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <Marcel-1.53-0315090347-0b0pErr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CJE Sales <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Mon 14 Mar, Alan Adams wrote:
> >>
> > > I am trying to create a copy of the data from my RPC, by installing
> > > the old and new discs in my Iyonix, formatting the new one, and
> > > copying the data.
> >>
> > > The new disc is a 120GB Maxtor DiamondMax. It's been in a PC, so is
> > > currently formatted NTFC, with one partition.
> >>
> > > The old RPC disc is a master on the second IDE controller, this new
> > > disc is a slave on the same cable. The Iyonix will access the old RPC
> > > disc correctly, and shows the new slave disc as "untitled". Attempting
> > > to use !HForm 2.56 produces "cannot read drive identity, drive error
> > > 8".
> >>
> > > Swapping the master and slave makes no material difference, merely
> > > changes the drive numbers. Should I be able to format this drive this
> > > way?
> >>
> > > and can I expect the RPC to use it once formatted? (I realise this
> > > latter isn't an Iyonix question.)
>
> > A new, unformatted disc should show on the iconbar as '5' (if it's drive
> > 5), not 'untitled'. Also, HForm 2.56 was the Select version wasn't it?
> > HForm 2.54 comes with the standard Iyonix disc image. It may be worth
> > trying the HForm supplied with your Iyonix rather than a different one.
> > That said, we have found some drives which the Iyonix fails to
> > recognise, so it may be that you have a non-Iyonix compatible drive. We
> > have known working new 120GB drives for the Iyonix in stock for 76GBP.
>
> Having erased the partition using Windows it now shows as 5.
>
> A 160GB disc behaves the same way. Neither are recognised. The error is
> "cannot read drive identity".
>
> As the Iyonix was secondhand I can only use what's currently on the hard
> drive. I can't find HForm at all, but 2.56 is on the disc I want to copy,
> from a RO4.02 RPC.
ROOL have an HForm 2.56 at :-
http://www.riscosopen.org/content/downloads/desktop-zipfiles
This may or may not be the same as the Select version of the same number,
one is compressed and the other not, which makes comparison difficult.
--
David Pitt
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