Re: Install 2nd HD or External HD
"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
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| On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:35:25 -0500, "MEB" <meb@not
here@hotmail.com>
| put finger to keyboard and composed:
|
| >
| >"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
| >news:4ms3k3pc6pmluto821lr939ujde4skm823@4ax.com...
| >| On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:38:10 -0500, "MEB" <meb@not
here@hotmail.com>
| >| put finger to keyboard and composed:
| >|
| >| >"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
| >| >news:0ft6j35esceh4oi2isdcvmoci5v9cjab6v@4ax.com...
| >| >| On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:23:37 -0500, "MEB" <meb@not
here@hotmail.com>
| >| >| put finger to keyboard and composed:
| >| >|
| >| >| >Perhaps if a DOS real mode driver was used with Bing, greater
speeds
| >| >might
| >| >| >be achieved?
| >| >|
| >| >| I found that version 2.15 of Panasonic's USPASPI.SYS driver in
| >| >| conjunction with the "Motto Hairu" DOS Driver, Di1000dd.SYS, enabled
| >| >| me to access an external USB 2.0 HD from within DOS.
| >| >|
| >| >| My config.sys file had these two lines:
| >| >|
| >| >| device=USBASPI.SYS
| >| >| device=DI1000DD.SYS
| >| >|
| >| >| The relevant files were extracted from these archives:
| >| >|
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/other/driver/f2h_usb.exe
| >| >|
http://www.stefan2000.com/darkehorse/PC/DOS/Drivers/USB/mhairu.zip
| >| >|
| >| >| - Franc Zabkar
| >|
| >| >
| >| > Thanx Franc, figured you had that info scoped ... so how'd your
DOS/98
| >and
| >| >DVR{? shoot forgot what it was} setup/mix go?
| >|
| >| Sorry for the belated response. My brother has been testing my
| >| external USB HD enclosure on his XP box using USB 1.1. I don't know
| >| which hardware he is using, but he managed to write 4GB of data
| >| without problems. I've also confirmed that my enclosure works on an
| >| Intel/XP box.
| >|
| >| However, I still haven't been able to get anything working on either
| >| of my DOS/Win98SE/SiS 7001/7002 boxes. The symptoms are the same
| >| whether in DOS or Windows, whether I'm connecting with USB 1.1 or 2.0,
| >| or whether I'm using the Maximus Decim or Windows/SiS drivers.
| >| I've also purchased a second box with a different chipset which also
| >| has similar problems, although not exactly the same. This second box
| >| works on an Intel/XP machine. My second enclosure also has a firewire
| >| interface which doesn't work either. The firewire card in my machine
| >| has a non-SiS chipset.
| >|
| >| So, in short, I've had no success. I'm not even sure whether I have a
| >| hardware or a software problem, although the former looks more likely.
| >| BTW, I've also tried a different brand of hard drive but the problem
| >| remained the same.
| >|
| >| I've given up for now until such time as I can experiment with an
| >| XP/SiS box. Thanks for your interest anyway.
| >|
| >| - Franc Zabkar
| >
| >Of course I'm interested,, please keep the group, okay me at least,
| >informed.
| > If there are USB issues which can't be resolved even AFTER a different
hard
| >drive and enclosure, then there's potentially an issue with the Maximus
| >Decim driver at least.. though that SIS chip combination gets poor
reviews
| >on the NET. Firewire would/should have negated that though, so really, I
am
| >curious.... did the modified Firewire driver load?
| > Hmm, wait a minute, your errors were DOS Box related weren't they???
|
| I've just received word from my brother this morning. He confirms that
| his XP box has a PCChips motherboard with an SiS 7001 controller. So
| now I'm really confused. :-(
|
| At my end I have had no luck with either SiS 7001 or SiS 7002
| controllers, in both earlier and later model PCChips and ECS
| motherboards, whether in real DOS mode, or in a Win98SE DOS window, or
| from within Explorer. In DOS mode I'm using the abovementioned
| Panasonic driver, and in Win98SE I'm using the Maximus Decim driver
| set.
|
| FWIW, my two external USB enclosures are based on the JMicron JM20337
| "Hi Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge" and the Prolific Technology
| PL-3507 "Hi-speed USB & IEEE1394 combo to IDE bridge controller".
|
| - Franc Zabkar
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Hmm, another wrench thrown into the gearbox...
Let's see, had to run through some of those older postings [and previous
files you posted]::: seems you had either not properly installed the MD
driver OR it had failed to recognize the proper chipset/configuration
{though that may have been due, in part, to those BIOS manipulation issues
you were working on}. If you remember, you had to re-run one segment.
Did you thereafter run through a *complete removal* of the old orangeware
and MD driver setup, checking of course for registry residuals, and try a
complete reinstall with the newer MD driver? I haven't tested the 3.3 [or
3.2], but I am running the 3.1 at the moment.
I presume its safe to believe you have already checked the net for those
enclosure chipsets, and any potential issues. How did they *rate*?
Were there any 'slap in the face' issues?
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