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kyrian · 11 March 2009, 14:27

Further to this thread http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=42601

I've got an EasyNet CD now to install and try to resolve the instability of the combination of X-Surf + Miami DX + MNI driver + AmiFTP as well as use legit versions of the software.

Unfortunately however I can't get a damn CD drive working, and the idea of splitting it onto 14 floppies (the CD only contains about 14Mb of stuff), copying it over and fighting with assign et al to make it install doesn't seem viable because the NIC has failed (locked up) to download anything over about 200k many (10+) times in a row.

I also have an "Archos Overdrive CD" PCMCIA adaptor (identified thanks to amiga-hardware.com), and I can't get that to work either. (the "assign" approach worked to get that installed from HD but that was only 2 DMS images that fit on a single floppy after compression).

I realise now that the CD drive that came with it is not ATA compatible, which may have caused some of the issues when I tried it with the FastATA initially, but I've tried 3 different CD-ROM drives on it, and can't get that to go. Unfortunately the Archos is moulded to the layout of the specific drive so I can't really connect it to a different drive.

I've got the Overdrive software installed, but the system fails to boot with the damn thing connected, and it won't do anything at all unless I use my tower case 12v supply into the back of the drive, as the one from the Archos adaptor does not seem to supply 12v, only about 9v (metered it), although the PSU for the Archos device is providing 15v instead of the expected 12v, so I am at a loss.

It seems to hang when I try to mount from devs:dosdrivers/CD0. c:cdboot seems to work. I tried forcing unit 0 into that config file but to no avail?

Given that 2 completely different IDE adaptors don't work, it sounds a bit like something more serious is wrong.

I have given the things enough time to start up I think as I have usually gone away and had a cuppa then come back later etc.

Anyone got any ideas?

11 March 2009, 14:27	#1
kyrian Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London / England Posts: 15	More IDE troubles - Archos Overdrive CD / PCMCIA Further to this thread http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=42601 I've got an EasyNet CD now to install and try to resolve the instability of the combination of X-Surf + Miami DX + MNI driver + AmiFTP as well as use legit versions of the software. Unfortunately however I can't get a damn CD drive working, and the idea of splitting it onto 14 floppies (the CD only contains about 14Mb of stuff), copying it over and fighting with assign et al to make it install doesn't seem viable because the NIC has failed (locked up) to download anything over about 200k many (10+) times in a row. I also have an "Archos Overdrive CD" PCMCIA adaptor (identified thanks to amiga-hardware.com), and I can't get that to work either. (the "assign" approach worked to get that installed from HD but that was only 2 DMS images that fit on a single floppy after compression). I realise now that the CD drive that came with it is not ATA compatible, which may have caused some of the issues when I tried it with the FastATA initially, but I've tried 3 different CD-ROM drives on it, and can't get that to go. Unfortunately the Archos is moulded to the layout of the specific drive so I can't really connect it to a different drive. I've got the Overdrive software installed, but the system fails to boot with the damn thing connected, and it won't do anything at all unless I use my tower case 12v supply into the back of the drive, as the one from the Archos adaptor does not seem to supply 12v, only about 9v (metered it), although the PSU for the Archos device is providing 15v instead of the expected 12v, so I am at a loss. It seems to hang when I try to mount from devs:dosdrivers/CD0. c:cdboot seems to work. I tried forcing unit 0 into that config file but to no avail? Given that 2 completely different IDE adaptors don't work, it sounds a bit like something more serious is wrong. I have given the things enough time to start up I think as I have usually gone away and had a cuppa then come back later etc. Anyone got any ideas?