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Date:	Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:43:08 -0800
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Tricky disk

In <20071229184327.DAUT15255.mta9.adelphia.net@[192.168.1.20]>, on
12/29/07
at 10:43 AM, "Michael Rakijas" said:

Hi,

>Yes, it worked fine for along time.

OK.

>> What did Dani have to say about it with
>>
>> copy ibms506$ con

>Hmm. Doesn't seem to show the slave drive, only the master (the master
>is the WDC shown, the slave drive object of the investigation is a
>Seagate).

That explains why is not showing up anywhere that requires Dani to be able
to see it.

>I wasn't aware that this could be the phantom USB drive.

This the normal report for an empty USB drive slot defined with the
/REMOVABLES parameter.

>I removed the
>secondary drive and confirmed that it is the phantom drive. I guess that
>the only thing that confirms that there is a drive there at all is the
>BIOS screen that autodetects the drive (if set to AUTO) or will set the
>drive parameters (if asked to do so in the BIOS).

>Hardware problem, huh? Fatal?

Maybe. Maybe not. The drive is not totally dead. Given it's age if
might just have compatibility issues with newer hardware. Have you tried
telling Dani to run the controller in low performance mode?

You might try using /!BM or /GBM. You can apply these to either th
adapter or the unit. See Dani506.doc. If these don't work, you could try
ibm1s506.add just to see what happens.

Steven

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