] Now didn't the Novaxis interface store information in the clock chip? ] ] I bet that causes your trouble... ] That might indeed be the root cause. If memory serves me well, there was one interface which allowed sharing of harddisk between multiple MSX computers. But to prevent corruptions to the fat, only one MSX was allowed to mount the harddisk in read-write mode while other MSX computers could then only mount the very same harddisk in read-only mode.
It might be that this was indeed the novaxis interface and that the ID(s?) that can be mounted on the MSX in read-write mode is(are?) stored in the clock-chip. And as long as no value has been stored, the interface falls back to ID-6 as being the only read-write ID and all others as read-only... So, it might very well be that the solution is: replace the battery for the clock-chip and set another ID with the novaxis specific software... But then again, I might be talking complete nonsense now... I hope that the amount of daily spam that I receive does not increase due to me posting again in a (public) mailinglist, which might very well be being monitored by spam email address collectors :-( Kind regards, Alex ] ] ~Grauw ] ] ] ----- Original Message ----- ] From: "Hans-Peter Zeedijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] To: "MSX Mailinglist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:43 PM ] Subject: harddisk read only? ] ] ] > I have a strange thing: I connected a SCSI harddisk to my Novaxis SCSI ] > controller on SCSI-ID0. The thing is: I don't remember in witch ] MSX-hardware ] > combination I have used that harddisk earlier. I think I haven't used it ] for ] > a couple of years. The harddisk boots fine on my Turbo R and ends up in ] > Multi Mente. I can do anything with it except changing anything on the ] > harddisk: EVERYTHING SEEMS READ-ONLY! ] > I can't create directory's, copy files to any partition, change Atributes, ] > nothing. ] > I can run all what is on that harddisk: music (mbwave and mbfm) show ] > pictures, etc. ] > Does anybody knows what could be wrong to the settings of the Novaxis or ] the ] > Turbo-R itself? I know for sure that something has changed on the Turbo-R, ] > because I knocked out the batteries from the bottom by accident. Since ] then ] > I have only a 40 colomn width screen in both DOS and BASIC. (width 80 ] > doesn't work, mode 80 in DOS does, but doesn't stay after a reboot) ] > ] > ] > ] > ] > -- ] > For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html ] > ] ] -- ] For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html -- Visit The MSX Plaza (http://www.inter.nl.net/users/A.P.Wulms) for info on XelaSoft, Merlasoft, Quadrivium, SD-Snatcher on fMSX, the MSX Hardware list, XSA Disk images, documentation, Japanese MSX news from Ikeda and lots more. -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
