AFAIK, the Ditto Easy 3200 will not operate with a FDC that only does
500 kB/s. I had to use an accelerator card with mine.
Bob
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 09:17:54PM -0700, Chuck Wolber wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
>
> > > Brand new (factory refurbished) iOmega Ditto Easy 3200. Head is pristine,
> > > tape has been retensioned multiple times and multiple tapes have been
> > > used.
> >
> > So clean that head :-)
> > Especially new tapes or new drives can still have residue in
> > them: the first time I cleaaned my (tape) head after getting
> > it new it was dirty, compared to many hours of operation.
>
> I'll try that, but I would be surprised if that was the problem given a
> post I sent today. I found a whole bevy of error messages in
> /var/log/messages that are shedding a whole new light on this.
>
>
> > Hmmm... Do *recheck* which jumpers you put where on the
> > accellerator card and *recheck* that you use *these* numbers
> > on the ftape modules. Maybe Win uses different numbers ...
> > which happen to be 'right' (Windows might even re-distribute
> > IRQs or such stuff, if you do not use a jumpered accellerator
> > card, so these numbers may not be the ones you really need.)
>
> Hmmm... I don't use an accelerator card and according to my own
> observations and iOmega's documentation the iOmega Ditto Easy 3200 does
> not have any jumpers. When I do an insmod on the relevant modules (3.04d
> or 4.XX) I get the same /var/log/messages errors. I can post them if you
> wish, however I posted the relevant messages earlier today. Let me know if
> you missed them. I think an experienced eye will pick out the error of my
> ways rather quickly based on the error messages. Basically it was about
> the FDC not being able to go over 500KBs and failing on a rate change when
> I do a status (the second try at getting a status comes out fine).
>
>
> > > Can anyone think of anything I'm missing here??? Are there any tools to
> > > get down and dirty with the bits and bytes flowing back and forth?
> >
> > You can tune the debugging up to that point, IIRC.
>
> How do I do that? Is is an argument to the module or is it in a config
> file?
>
>
> > > Thank you for your help! I assure you, when I get this working I will post
> > > a detailed account of what it took!
> >
> > Just cut it down to the relevant points, I'd hate having
> > several MB of email to read. :-)
>
> Understood. I will be extremely concise. If it doesn't fit on my screen
> without scrolling, it doesn't go (unless you asked for it).
>
> I very much appreciate your help!
>
> -Chuck
>
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