Squirrel SCSI + CD-ROM

rattus · 04 March 2003, 19:46

Hi again,

I just recently grabbed a Squirrel SCSI and an Awai Audio/Data CD-ROM off ebay and I can't get her working. Everything is plugged in and switched on and I installed the Squirrel drivers but nothing happens when I put a CD (ISO-9660 format) in the drive. What am I doing wrong here? Unfortunately the Squirrel didn't come with a manual so I'm clueless

Severin · 04 March 2003, 23:16

Probably a silly question, but have you installed a cdrom filesystem (cachecdfs etc.) and a dosdriver?

If you have a dosdriver are the device and unit parameters set correctly?

rattus · 04 March 2003, 23:32

bah! no I haven't! how do I do that?

So far I've managed to load the SCSIMounter program which was installed and it does recognise the CD drive (it shows up in the list as scsi device 0) but when I select it and click "Mount" it says "Error: Invalid Rigid Disk Block"

arrr. I have no idea what I'm doing, please help me

Echo · 05 March 2003, 02:05

This is what I use for my SCSI cdrom thru the Squirrel, extract attached zip to the Amiga.

You will probably want to left click it > information > tooltype > change to device '0'. Mine works on 6.

(also assumes you have 'CDFileSystem' present in L:)

Severin · 05 March 2003, 14:14

Quote:

Originally posted by rattus
So far I've managed to load the SCSIMounter program which was installed and it does recognise the CD drive (it shows up in the list as scsi device 0) but when I select it and click "Mount" it says "Error: Invalid Rigid Disk Block"

arrr. I have no idea what I'm doing, please help me

ok, first DON'T use scsimounter for CD drives...

grab the file echo posted, extract it to ram: (you might need unzip from aminet, or use unarc from OS35+), edit the icon tooltypes and change UNIT=6 to UNIT=0, and click on save (Don't "change to device '0'", Echo had a bit of a typo attack)

now drag the icon into workbench:devs/dosdrivers.

Check you have CDFileSystem in workbench:l

now just reboot and a CD icon should pop up when you bung one in the drive

Severin · 05 March 2003, 14:18

Oops, DON'T use unarc from OS35+, as you havn't got it because you havn't got a cdrom yet - DOH!

Severin's brain hurts when forced to think, need BEEEEEERRRRRRR...

Echo · 05 March 2003, 14:34

Device. Oops. That'll be one of the PC buzzwords infected in my brain since 1997

Cheers for the correction Sev.

(I'd have LHA'd it if WinRAR supported that. Unfortunately WinRAR can only decompress LHA. I keep forgetting that some people are surfing on Amiga...)

rattus · 05 March 2003, 19:50

ace. I actually found that CD0 thingy in my Storage drawer (thank god, I can only transfer stuff using CDs anyway)...I moved it to Devs/Dosdrivers and changed the UNIT=0, restarted and now a floppy icon appears on the desktop when I insert a CD! result!

what is it with the amiga? it seems to think that everything should have a floppy icon

it even thinks my 1.6GB HD is somehow a floppy <sigh>

Anyway, Never heard of this CDFilesystem thingie and I don't have an "l" directory anyway and it doesn't look like I need it for now

Will install Bloodwych's ClassicWB tonight! hopefully it will go well!

rattus · 05 March 2003, 20:05

Quote:

Originally posted by rattus
Anyway, Never heard of this CDFilesystem thingie and I don't have an "l" directory anyway and it doesn't look like I need it for now

hehe, don't mind me I forgot about that Show ALL files option thingie

turns out I do have a L directory with CDFileSystem in it.

Everything is fine now

Thankyou! *big hugs*

Installing ClassicWB!

Severin · 05 March 2003, 23:58

Quote:

Originally posted by rattus
(thank god, I can only transfer stuff using CDs anyway)...

Ermm, you not got a floppy drive in your PC?

If you have get a pack of DD (not HD) floppies, look in storage for PC0 dosdriver and put it in devs:dosdrivers

You will then be able to read pc formatted floppies

Quote:

what is it with the amiga? it seems to think that everything should have a floppy icon it even thinks my 1.6GB HD is somehow a floppy <sigh>

Probably just a lack of default icons in envarc:sys/ or wherever CDFileSystem looks for one...

rattus · 06 March 2003, 00:20

yeah, I do use floppies and CrossDos for moving small files occasionally but chucking loads of ADF/HD games onto a CD-ROM is less fiddly.

And I can't use that PC serial link thing cause I use a Mac

You can use HD floppies, just put some sticky tape over the left hole and the computer will think it's a DD floppy - then format as a 720k DOS disk

it works!

Severin · 06 March 2003, 13:13

Use this stuff to read mac formatted floppies

just extract to ram and copy the files to the same places in workbench.

Using HD disks as DD works but they are not as reliable as the HD disk has a different coating, you will get more errors, but are fine if you don't want to keep the stuff on the disk

rattus · 06 March 2003, 20:27

*gasp* CrossMAC! thankyou! *smootch*

this makes things a lot easier for me, and you can fit more stuff on mac formatted DD disks (800k opposed to 720k) and the file names don't get stuffed up

and yeah you do get more errors with HD disks but they are perfect for burning adf images, adfblitzer (http://us.aminet.net/disk/misc/adfblitzer.lha) loves em

I also found another nice thing on aminet: http://us.aminet.net/disk/cdrom/amicdfs240.lha

which lets you use Mac-formatted CDs as well as other stuff

04 March 2003, 19:46	#1
rattus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 328	Squirrel SCSI + CD-ROM Hi again, I just recently grabbed a Squirrel SCSI and an Awai Audio/Data CD-ROM off ebay and I can't get her working. Everything is plugged in and switched on and I installed the Squirrel drivers but nothing happens when I put a CD (ISO-9660 format) in the drive. What am I doing wrong here? Unfortunately the Squirrel didn't come with a manual so I'm clueless

05 March 2003, 19:50	#8
rattus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 328	wheee! ace. I actually found that CD0 thingy in my Storage drawer (thank god, I can only transfer stuff using CDs anyway)...I moved it to Devs/Dosdrivers and changed the UNIT=0, restarted and now a floppy icon appears on the desktop when I insert a CD! result! what is it with the amiga? it seems to think that everything should have a floppy icon it even thinks my 1.6GB HD is somehow a floppy <sigh> Anyway, Never heard of this CDFilesystem thingie and I don't have an "l" directory anyway and it doesn't look like I need it for now Will install Bloodwych's ClassicWB tonight! hopefully it will go well!

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04 March 2003, 23:16	#2
Severin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gloucester / UK Posts: 700	Probably a silly question, but have you installed a cdrom filesystem (cachecdfs etc.) and a dosdriver? If you have a dosdriver are the device and unit parameters set correctly?

04 March 2003, 23:32	#3
rattus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 328	bah! no I haven't! how do I do that? So far I've managed to load the SCSIMounter program which was installed and it does recognise the CD drive (it shows up in the list as scsi device 0) but when I select it and click "Mount" it says "Error: Invalid Rigid Disk Block" arrr. I have no idea what I'm doing, please help me

05 March 2003, 14:18	#6
Severin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gloucester / UK Posts: 700	Oops, DON'T use unarc from OS35+, as you havn't got it because you havn't got a cdrom yet - DOH! Severin's brain hurts when forced to think, need BEEEEEERRRRRRR...

05 March 2003, 14:34	#7
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	Device. Oops. That'll be one of the PC buzzwords infected in my brain since 1997 Cheers for the correction Sev. (I'd have LHA'd it if WinRAR supported that. Unfortunately WinRAR can only decompress LHA. I keep forgetting that some people are surfing on Amiga...)

06 March 2003, 00:20	#11
rattus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 328	yeah, I do use floppies and CrossDos for moving small files occasionally but chucking loads of ADF/HD games onto a CD-ROM is less fiddly. And I can't use that PC serial link thing cause I use a Mac You can use HD floppies, just put some sticky tape over the left hole and the computer will think it's a DD floppy - then format as a 720k DOS disk it works!

06 March 2003, 20:27	#13
rattus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 328	gasp CrossMAC! thankyou! smootch this makes things a lot easier for me, and you can fit more stuff on mac formatted DD disks (800k opposed to 720k) and the file names don't get stuffed up and yeah you do get more errors with HD disks but they are perfect for burning adf images, adfblitzer (http://us.aminet.net/disk/misc/adfblitzer.lha) loves em I also found another nice thing on aminet: http://us.aminet.net/disk/cdrom/amicdfs240.lha which lets you use Mac-formatted CDs as well as other stuff

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