> With the MO drive hooked up, W2K finish booting.
> Win98 won't see any device on the 2930 controller.
> Win98's device manager says there is a problem

HEY!  You're supposed to be testing it with Linux, I'm telling Verbatim.  :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Schumann [mailto:cschumann at twp-llc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:00 AM
> To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com
> Subject: [TCLUG] MO Drive hell
> 
> 
> I got my MO drive yesterday and hooked it up this morning.
> (RPS is indeed FedEx Ground.)
> 
> Anyway, here's my setup:
> 
> A - Adaptec 2100S SCSI RAID controller
>   0 - IBM 18.2GB, 4MB, Ultra160
> B - Adaptec AHA-2930 SCSI controller
>   2 - Olympus MO drive (external)
>   3 - Plextor 12/20 CD-ROM (internal)
>   4 - Plextor 8/2/20 CD-RW (internal, terminated)
>   6 - Umax 610S Scanner (external, terminated)
> 
> With the MO drive hooked up, W2K finish booting.
> Win98 won't see any device on the 2930 controller.
> Win98's device manager says there is a problem
> with the controller device.
> The 2930's setup code gives me timeouts when I try
> to run the disk utilities (ctrl-A).
> 
> During startup, the 2930 *does* list the attached
> devices correctly.
> 
> It doesn't look like I will be able to install Linux
> with the drive attached, and I may not be able to use
> my computer at all even after installing Linux.
> 
> Any tips (except "install Debian") would be greatly
> appreciated before I try Olympus support.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> 
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