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Subj:  CD-ROM HFS partitions                 91-11-20 02:09:37 EDT
From:  GNO Tim Posted on: America Online

I noticed this earlier on an older _develop_ CD-ROM and I now have the
new system 6.0 beta CD-ROM from Apple. My problem is:  I can't seem to
access the HFS partitions on the CD-ROM. I'm currentl using a RamFast
Rev C, a Syquest SQ555, and a Toshiba CD-ROM drive. I've installed the
HFS FST and I have booted off the CD-ROM and I've booted off the
Syquest. My system will recogonize HFS 3.5 disks and I can format HFS
partitions on my hard drive, but I cannot seem to access the HFS
partitions on any of these CD-ROMS - in particular the developer CD. I
really need to access of some the tech notes on it and I'd rather not
buy a Macintosh to do so. I believe one of the reasons Apple left
several partitions as HFS is because the new FSTs will read them. In
fact, the release notes with CD specifically state that to access the
HFS partions you need a Mac -or- need to install the HFS FST..I'm
currently assuming that my problem is related to the RamFast not
recognizing these partitions...is there a solution to this problem?

thanks in advance.. tim meekins
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Subj:  IDEA                                  91-11-26 00:49:38 EDT
From:  Pizpot Posted on: America Online

If you have an accelerator on your home system, TURN IT OFF.  I am
pretty sure that PipeDream bites the big one if there is an accelertor
turned on in the system.  I have loaded PipeDream off my CMS, with a
Ramfast with no problem.  BTW, I have two 800k volumes set up so that I
can do a disk (byte by byte, bit by bit) copy to those volumes and the
game pretty much thinks its still on its original disk.

Pizpot Gargravarr- Gaurdian of the Total Perspective Vortex
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Subj:  SCSI id 0                             91-11-26 15:32:21 EDT
From:  Willm Tell Posted on: America Online

Is there any problem with having a hard drive's SCSI id set to 0?  Can
it conflict with the RF's RomDisk?
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Subj:  SCSI id 0                             91-11-26 15:32:21 EDT
From:  Willm Tell Posted on: America Online

Is there any problem with having a hard drive's SCSI id set to 0?  Can
it conflict with the RF's RomDisk?

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Subj:  WILLM TELL                            91-11-26 15:43:26 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



No, there is no problem with any SCSI ID number settings.  The Romdisk
is not a SCSI device therefore it does not have a SCSI ID number.  Just
make sure that your SCSI devices have unique ID numbers and you're all
set.

Drew

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Subj:  SpecialK2....                         91-11-26 15:46:44 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



You need to go read the RamFAST manual, carefully.  In the driver's
folder on your hard drive you need to add the RamFAST.Driver and pull
out the SCSI.Manager and SCSI.HDDriver.  The files that start with
"SCSI." contain the software to handle the Apple SCSI card.  The apple
software has a bug that can prevent your system from booting if the
system does not contain an Apple SCSI card.  You should also disable
all desk accesories and inits until your system is up and running. 
Inits like "Fast.Speed" and desk accessories like Twlight can cause you
lots of grief.


Drew

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Subj:  Twilight                              91-11-26 21:05:30 EDT
From:  AFC DYAJim Posted on: America Online

Just to set the record straight, Twilight (don't forget the "i" :) 1.0
is a CDev, not a DA.  I admit, it has a bunch of insporatic bugs; the
best solution is to try it installed on your system and without and see
which way you like best :-) [it does work well in some situations],
that is while you're hopefully waiting for Twilight II to come out :-)
to fix all this.

<<Jim

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Subj:  Thanks...                             91-11-27 14:32:43 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



Thanks for clearing that up.  Sorry about the spelling... I'm just a
dumb enguhnear and I can't spel gud.


Drew

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Subj:  Fault code = 0C                       91-11-28 09:13:24 EDT
From:  BSW Bruce Posted on: America Online

I get that message occasionally, and apparently is just a marginal
conection bteween my SCSI cable  and the ramfast cable on the back
plane of the Apple II GS.  I just turn things off, unplug, and
reinsert, and things boot fine.   Maybe once in 2 months this has
happened during the last half year. Might be an easy thing to try if
anyof you get that fault code error in the future.

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Subj:  Prodos 8 crashes to monitor.          91-11-28 22:17:53 EDT
From:  DavidS553 Posted on: America Online

Dear Drew, The trick you suggested, putting Ramfast into slot 6,
reconfigureing, then putting it back into slot 7 worked like a charm!
Very exiting and gradifing receiving such excellent service on a
product I purchased a year ago. Many many thanks, and good luck on your
future endevours.

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Subj:  S&S Ramcard                           91-11-29 21:46:04 EDT
From:  StevenK22 Posted on: America Online

I have a Ramfast, Zip, and the S&S card. I had a lot of trouble just
after I got the Ramfast SCSI. I finally traced it back to the S&S card
not being DMA compatible.  I am about 99.99% confident that this was
the problem since I installed a friends GS Sauce card and had no
problems. I have been running for about five months with dma disabled
without a problem. Hope this helps.

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Subj:  S&S Ram Card                          91-11-30 01:14:19 EDT
From:  LL AndyW Posted on: America Online

I also have an S&S ram card, and the booklet that came with it says it
is DMA compatible.  If yours doesn't work with DMA enabled then there
might be a problem with the card (unless I have a newer card than you
have)...

Andy...

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Subj:  GS/OS 4 sec.                          91-11-30 05:51:19 EDT
From:  JohnyBGood Posted on: America Online

Drew, I got the new RF rev D wed. as you promised ( Big Grin) you guys
oughta be given an award for keeping promises in this business . Anyway
I'd like to know exactly what you're doing to get GS/OS " into Cache
and boot in approx. 4 seconds " I to have the 10 MHz zipper, and 1 Meg
rev.D RF w/ GS Plus 5 megs and is your system bare or loaded w/ fonts,
extras etc. . I'll go back to the manual and see if I missed it . I
hope I'm inserting card in mouth since I haven't read most of it yet
(don't clobber my head) . (grin) thanks, Johnny B Good / John Dieter

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Subj:  Strange...                            91-11-30 15:41:38 EDT
From:  GlynneT Posted on: America Online

I have an S&S Ram card and have no truble.  Maybe the card is bad? 
Check with New Concepts.  They now sell it.


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Subj:  RamFast problem                       91-11-30 23:55:15 EDT
From:  SpecialK2 Posted on: America Online

I have tried everything you said in your reply.  Can I send back the
card for you to take a look at it?

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Subj:  4 sec GS/OS                           91-12-02 04:19:46 EDT
From:  JohnyBGood Posted on: America Online

Thanks, Kim . I used your sugestion and Woe don't blink twice ! I used
to load a " Pack Rat I've got it all" system in about 27 secs. Now I'm
down to 14 at power up and with your method just under 4 . { Big Grins
} Do you wanna go faster ! ?

I Do . I think I'm gonna try to modify my Zip again to try for the
14-16 MHz area .then we'll see :)




Ps: I tried it w/ both Os's :) GS Johnny

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Subj:  4 seconds....                         91-12-03 11:43:25 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online


You can get upto finder lots quicker if you do the following.

1.  Use prosel or something similar to move the system folder to the
first entry in your root directory (Prosel sort directory works for
me). 2.  Next sort the system folder so that the driver folder is first
followed by          the rest of your folders in the system folder. 3. 
Next pull out any unused drivers in the driver folder and put them in a
seperate folder.  I don't use appletalk so I made a folder called
UNUSED.DRIVER and threw them in there. 4.  Next I turned off my 5.25
driver because I don't use my 5.25s from Gs/OS, only P8, and I got
tired of hearing them clatter.

I don't use 6.0 that much, sorry to say.  We use it for compatibility
testing and that is about it.

Drew

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Subj:  SpecialK2...                          91-12-03 11:45:49 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



Call me when you have access to the machine and let's try some stuff. 
Your board was tested and working when it left CV Tech and we typically
run a 60-80% non-defective return rate.  If I can't find out what is
wrong then I will be glad to look at your board but if it is something
that you overlooked, or are ignorant of, then I can save us both some
time and shipping charges (grin).


Drew

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Subj:  Write errors...                       91-12-03 19:59:57 EDT
From:  Willm Tell Posted on: America Online

If a program saves a short text file (prodos 8), the RamFast buffers
the writes.  What happens if a write error occurs when the data is
written to the hard disk?  The program that saved the file has long
since regained control and moved on to other things when the error
occurs due to the write caching.  Is there even such a thing as a write
error with the RamFast?

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Subj:  Write errors are handled....          91-12-04 14:55:44 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



When a program writes data we buffer the writes into our cache.  Every
two seconds or so we have a routine that becomes active and is
responsible for flushing the writes to the disk.  This routine writes
the data to the disk.  If there is no error during the write then the
blocks that were written are marked "clean" (A dirty block is one that
needs to be written to the disk). If an error occurs during the write
then we retry the command.  If the error persists then we use the SCSI
command to reallocate a block from the defect area.  The drive then
reassigns the defect block from one of its spares.  We then retry the
entire write command.  This routine will write the data to the disk
until there is no error or until the spare block area is used up.  If
the drive sends back an error during the REALLOCATE command then you
are in deep trouble. If your drive has filled its defect area up then
there is something seriously wrong with the drive anyway.  If this
occurs and we cannot write the data to the disk then we will crash the
system with a fatal error 0D.  If you ever get this error the go edit
the drive from the utility program and take a look at the defect list
length.  If this is a big number then low level format your drive and
then run some tests on it.  If the drive continues to build defects
then I would send it in for repair/replacement.

Drew

p.s.  The defect management is all done on-the-fly and is invisible to
the user. People with Syquest drives might find that their Syquest will
develope an occasional defect.  My Syquest drive gets a defect every
month or so.  The RF copes.

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Subj:  When a block is written...            91-12-05 13:53:38 EDT
From:  Willm Tell Posted on: America Online

When a block is written, does the hard drive or Ramfast verify that the
block's data is intact in its correct form on the disk or is that task
left to the user?  I have experienced a weird problem where a block
gets written, and when later re-read, the data does not match what was
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Subj:  Block written...                      91-12-06 10:51:09 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online


The drive is responsible for verifying that the data we give it is
written to the proper block.  Since the drive has complete control of
the transfer all we do is tell it "I want you to write block XXXX to
the disk please".  The drive can then do anything it wants.   If you
are having problems with data integrity then your problem is most
likely somewhere inside the GS and not on the SCSI bus. Have you tried
pulling your peripherals and reinstalling the OS.  A flakey TWGS can
cause the problem you are describing, so can several desk accessories
and inits.  You might also have a non-DMA compatible memory card, that
will typically make soup out of your hard drive data.  Give me a list
of the peripherals in your system as well as what steps you have tried
to narrow down the problem.

Drew

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Subj:  Dear Drew...                          91-12-07 07:23:05 EDT
From:  GlynneT Posted on: America Online

On the next version of the RamFAST ROM could you please check for the
presence of the mouse for the software on the GS.  I sometimes have
slot 4 set to YOUR CARD (for my PC Transporter) and the RamFAST crashes
ram fast into the monitor.  Small change, but a big help.  Thanks...

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Subj:  OOPS!  Forgot                         91-12-07 07:30:04 EDT
From:  GlynneT Posted on: America Online

I have version 2.00n.

I also noticed when selecting "OK" or "CANCEL" on the backup/restore(?)
OK and CANCEL produce the same result.  It preforms the operation
anyway.  Maybe by now you noticed this and fixed it.  Just thought I'd
let you know.

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Subj:  HD Recogition Problems                91-12-08 02:54:39 EDT
From:  KenDu4 Posted on: America Online

Help, I have a HD with Ramfast SCSI (rev C).  My problem is that once I
turn my HD off, my HD cannot be cold booted again until the computer
appears to have "ccoled down".  This can take beyond one hour!!  I get
it up and running from slot 5 with a system disk which is how I'm on
now.  I have been waiting for over one hour. When I attempt to start
from my HD,  the ramfast does not appear to recognize my HD and all
that I get is the initial screen(rom 1 screen)!  I have had a lot of
frustrating things happen to me with this set up.  Could I be doing
something wrong?  Could it be a defective Ramfast SCSI?  HELP!!

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Subj:  GlynneT....                           91-12-09 13:02:09 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online


We fixed the OK vs. Cancel bug awhile back.  The mouse thing is still
there because we figured that everyone in the GS will have their mouse
on for finder.  Terry says he will put the mouse check into the next
revision.

Drew


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Subj:  No longer taking RF for granted!      91-12-20 23:45:40 EDT
From:  AFA DonB Posted on: America Online

I think I was beginning to take my RamFAST for granted.  Not any more!

I recently acted as an intermediary for a friend, purchasing a used 2GS
for him.  The 2GS contained a popular internal drive that shall remain
nameless.  Wow, is this drive slower than the RamFAST'ed TMS 105 I've
been using on my own computer!

I suppose, if you're going to Live Long and Prosper it really doesn't
make much difference if your hard drive plods along.

Still dazzled by the RamFAST!

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Subj:  BBUD CHUCK                            91-12-26 08:25:17 EDT
From:  RussellL5 Posted on: America Online

All of the above are in the works. I did leave the posting in their
direct connect. I'm pretty furious, I didn't go into complete detail. I
will probably attempt to return everything and deal elsewhere. The
whole shipment was a joke.

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Subj:  Kim....                               91-12-27 01:14:15 EDT
From:  TerryB21 Posted on: America Online

Okay Kim...I tried your latest suggestion.  Holding down the "1" and
turning on the GS, I never get past the screen that tells me the rom
version.  Holding down the "0" and turning on the GS loads the RamFAST
utilities.  In the lower left portion of the screen my  devices are
listed as follows:

Logical Devices

Drive 1              Drive 2

S7  * HD1                  HD2 S6    Disk Port            Disk Port S5 
  Smart Port           Smart Port S4    HD3 S3    CVTech.Rom S2 S1 S0

(* = Default Boot Partition)

According to manaul, this is just as it should be.  You don't suppose
the RamFAST.Driver on the rom is bad do you?  Could be one explanation.
 I sure wish I could find someone to e-mail me just the RamFAST.Driver
so I could copy it to my /System/Drivers folder and try it out.  I
think it must be something like that.

I have my control panel set to "Your Card" for slot 7 and "Startup
Slot" set to "Scan".

Any other suggestions?

Oh well, Jan 2nd isn't to far off.  :)

--Terry


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Subj:  You could try                         91-12-27 01:51:24 EDT
From:  BBUD CHUCK Posted on: America Online

An EXTERNAL Termination block.......


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Subj:  A friend...                           91-12-27 02:54:59 EDT
From:  TerryB21 Posted on: America Online

e-mailed me another copy of the RamFAST.Driver.  It didn't seem to make
any difference.  Oh well, it was worth a try.

--Terry


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Subj:  RAMFAST driver...                     91-12-27 03:10:37 EDT
From:  Brendan Hr Posted on: America Online

Ummm, it'd be best not to use another person's RAMFAST.DRIVER.  I'm
pretty sure that each one is specific to the version of the ROM you are
using.  mixing and matching could give unusual, unexpected or
disasterous results.  Looks to me like a termination or termination
power problem.  Can you access the drive if you boot up into ProDOS 8
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Subj:  Brendan...                            91-12-27 09:12:57 EDT
From:  TerryB21 Posted on: America Online

Do you think it could be a termination problem even though the drive
works fine with my Apple High Speed SCSI card?  I could try an external
termination block, but I would have to go out and buy one.  Would it be
worth the money to try it?  What do they cost and can I buy one at my
local Mac (ugh) dealer? I hate to even go into that place.   :(

--Terry


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Subj:  HFS partitions and stuff..            91-12-27 14:17:33 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



The new code will mount any volume that isn't "Apple_Partition_Map",
"Apple_Free", or "Apple_Scratch".  Then if it isn't something your
system is setup to handle (i.e. an HFS partition in a system running
5.04) you can click on "Eject" when the OS gives you the "I don't
understand this partition" message.

Drew


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Subj:  upgrade price.                        91-12-27 14:19:36 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online


To goto a 256k rev D is $69 and a meg is an additional $70 (total of
$139). We ship everything out UPS BLUE and charge $6 to do so.  Sooo
the total bill would run $75 or $145 depending on which board you want.
 The 1 meg rev D has been quite popular.  I think we've sold over 50
upgrades to the 1 meg rev D.

Drew


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Subj:  Interleaved ala blocks...             91-12-27 14:21:59 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



The 2:1 array thingy interleaves the data on a block boundary.  All the
odd blocks go on one drive and the even blocks on the other.  Soo when
you read data it flips back and forth between drives.  So long as your
host computer has a burst rate fast enough to keep up you will see
double performance.

Drew


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Subj:  RusselL5... 1 meg chips.              91-12-27 14:28:00 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online


A 1meg rev D RF board will have two chips in the top right hand corner
that are 1 megx4 chips.  Their part number will be TC514400AP-80 or -10
(80 nanosecond or 100 nanosecond chips).  If your board has 256k chips
then the part number will be something along the lines of 44256-10 or
44256-8. TMS is usually pretty good about making sure that what goes
out is what got ordered.  Check your board and if you have 256kx4 chips
then give them a call.

Drew


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Subj:  Terry...                              91-12-27 14:34:11 EDT
From:  CVTech Posted on: America Online



Hmmm... Sorry you're having problems.  Try starting over from scratch. 
Reformat and repartition your drive using the RF utility program.  The
RF does recognize the existance of the drive doesn't it ?  Can you EDIT
the drive ? Does it come up with "Seagate 277N" for a device name ? 
One other thing that we have run into with the Tulin case is that they
run the cable right over the power supply and cause noise on the SCSI
bus.  It won't kill the apple card because of its low burst rate but
the RF at twice the speed is more prone to electronic noise problems. 
Try opening up the Tulin case and shielding the cable between the drive
and the back of the computer and also move the mechanism from the
bottom bay to the top bay.

Drew


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Subj:  Kim, Chuck, Brendan, Drew, et al      91-12-27 16:38:04 EDT
From:  TerryB21 Posted on: America Online

IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and wow is it ever fast.  How did I ever
live without it?  This is the greatest thing I have seen in a long
time.  Boy am I stoked!  I went by Computerware on the way and picked
up an external SCSI terminator.  I probably paid to much for it, but
that's okay.  It booted up first thing without any problems at all. 
All is well here now and I am contented.

Thanks again to all of you!  And thanks to CV Tech for the prize.

Drew, I have a couple of friends that have GS's and I know that when
they see my RamFAST work they will be buying them too.

Thanks again to all concerned.

--Terry


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Subj:  'other' partitions                    91-12-27 19:13:49 EDT
From:  Brendan Hr Posted on: America Online


Very cool.  Thats what I was hoping you'd do - simply ignore already
defined 'non-volume' partitions and leave the rest of them up to the
user.  Thanks, Drew!


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Subj:  Drivers...                            91-12-27 22:54:18 EDT
From:  Goalie5 Posted on: America Online

Do you have copies of ANY Apple SCSI drivers in yopur drivers folder
along with the ramfast driver?  If so, Remove the Apple drivers.  Then
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Subj:  What?                                 91-12-27 23:45:13 EDT
From:  GlynneT Posted on: America Online

DOes that mean the new ROMs will mount High-Seaira(sp?!)


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Subj:  What?                                 91-12-27 23:45:13 EDT
From:  GlynneT Posted on: America Online

DOes that mean the new ROMs will mount High-Seaira(sp?!)


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Subj:  No matter what the.....               91-12-28 00:04:52 EDT
From:  BBUD CHUCK Posted on: America Online

Experts say...........  Every single time I have had a problem with my
drive(s) its been because of termination.  My Crate (MAC drive) has
internal termination; however, the Apple Cards ignore that, sooooo (as
Drew would say), I purchased a termination block right out of the
chute; the Chinook drive came with one, which tells me something...... 
The Crate must be terminated externally, AND, with a SyQuest, I found
that the internal termination of the Crate was causing problems IF the
Crate was between the SCSI port and the SyQuest (though the problem
didn't show up right away).  Soooo, I have the SyQuest first and the
Crate last, but I boot off the Crate; the Crate is externally
terminated, in addition to the thingie inside, which I am tempted to
jerk out!

So, glad your system is working the way it should.

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Subj:  Backing up 32 meg partitions          91-12-28 03:43:10 EDT
From:  ESPO Posted on: America Online

Hi, here is the problem. I have a Ramfast Scsi 256k model with roms
2.01c. Connected to this I have a 40 meg a 80 meg and a 45 meg
removable hard drives. I want to use the built in software on the
Ramfast to back up a 32 meg partition on the 40 meg or 80 meg to a 32
meg partition on the 45 meg removable. Cv tech told me that in order to
select the 45 meg as a backup device I would need to hold down the open
Apple key and type CVT and then to type in 8004:1. I do this then
select the 45 meg removable. When I try to select any of the 32 meg
partitions as a source device a check mark is placed next to it however
it shows 0k selected for backup and the backup will not proceed. If I
select any other size partition as a source even one 1 block smaller
The backup will work. Other than this problem everything else in the
system is working fine. For your info I have a Zip gs 9/64, in slot 3,
a datalink express connected to the serial port of slot 2, a
imagewriter II connected to the serial port in slot one, A AE GS ram
plus with 6 megs and the Ranfast in slot 7.

Any help will be appreciated

Espo





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Subj:  1 Meg Ramfast                         91-12-28 07:53:31 EDT
From:  RussellL5 Posted on: America Online

Called about the board, got the replacement overnite, plugged
everything in and VOILA the smoothest 210 megger I ever saw. No
problems whatsoever. This Ramfast board is incredible. The utilities
menu was a piece of cake. Only question I have is their doesn't seem to
be a menu section for up and down sizeing the partitions with this
thermometer thingy. Its described in the manual. Any suggestions?

Keep up the good work guys.

Russ


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Subj:  ESPO - Not the answer, but....        91-12-28 17:12:58 EDT
From:  BBUD CHUCK Posted on: America Online

Alternatively, what I do is, with the copy new and changed files
feature of ProSel-16's utilities, I back up, file by file, daily, from
the 32 meg partition of my CRATE (main work drive) to a 20 meg
partition on the SyQuest.  Since ONLY the new or changed files in my
data drive are copied to the data partition of the SyQuest, the daily
backup is very fast.....  About once every two months, this will
require that an optimizer be run on the SyQuest, but that only takes a
few minutes, too.....


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Subj:  BBUD CHUCK                            91-12-28 18:18:50 EDT
From:  ESPO Posted on: America Online

Chuck, that sounds like a good solution. What I was doing was using
Prosel vol copy to copy a 32 meg Partition to a 32 meg Partition. It
took less than 5 minutes to copy a Almost full 32 megs of data. I heard
from Cvtech that the built in software was a lot faster so I figured I
would try it and that is where I run into the problems. Any other
ideas?

thanks

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Subj:  To CV Tech                            91-12-29 10:15:34 EDT
From:  RussellL5 Posted on: America Online

Hey Guys,

This board is to much for words. Figured out the thermometer for
downsizing the partitions. It pays to read the manual. Because I have
the system running so smoothly, you hate to mess around with anything,
so here goes.. If you downsize partitions, can new partitions be
created. I have a 210 meg TMS, so some of the 32 meg partitions are a
little large for some of the software I want to store. Something like 2
or 3 more at 15 meg or something in that order.

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Path: CV Technologies/RamFast SCSI

Subj:  You need to ignore one more           92-01-01 02:57:09 EDT
From:  RRosenberg Posted on: America Online

Partition Type Drew - Apple_Driver (where MacOS stores it's Disk
Drivers).