| From: | Carl Jermy |
| Date: | 15 Sep 2000 at 11:20:35 |
| Subject: | Re: PFS3 |
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Bothwick <neil@wire.net.uk>
To: Carl Jermy <amigactive@egroups.com>
Date: 15 September 2000 10:30
Subject: Re: [amigactive] PFS3
>> I recently requested help on PFS3 in which I was getting corrupt files
all
>> the time. I've tried all the solutions that have been suggested with no
>> success. I've emailed GREED and they said it is a hardware problem and
that
>> the data transfer could be too slow.
>
>PFS3 works on LS120 drives, and you don't get much slower than that.
>
>It still sounds like a MaxTransfer problem, try setting it to 0xfe00. My
>Fujitsu drive corrupts files if it's set higher than that.
I've tried 0xFE00 before, but no joy.
>> Could it just be that the hard drive doesn't like PFS3?
>
>Unlikely, but you don't say what the drive is.
Without looking, I'm pretty sure it is a Seagate ST-something, 1.7Gb. (3.5")
>> Would a PowerFlyer help instead of the old 4-way interface?
>
>Try without the 4-way interface. It could be a fault there.
I am using a 3.5" drive and haven't got a cable to connect this directly to
the IDE connector on the m/board, so I may order the newer EIDE interface
for now...
>> Would a SCSI hard drive on the BlizzardPPC help?
>
>It would be *much* faster than the on-board IDE.
...then get a SCSI one later.
Thanks for your advice.
Carl
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