On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 GREG_EVANS_at_delphi.com wrote:
> I'm still no further along with resolving my floppy problem, but
> I did do some experimentation -- mainly heavy SCSI testing. I
> copies my entire directory of TTF fonts (>500 >30mb) then ran
> Tree_Chek (from Kobold). No errors! I tested another floppy drive
> I have around and had the same errors as the one installed. What's
> anoying is that it starts working for no reason, sometimes all day,
> then flakes out again.
>
> Does this sound like a DMA problem?
Not if SCSI works while the floppy flakes out. When does it happen, is
it only in 20MHz or in 16MHz as well? I suggest that you check the
wires, it could be a faulty floppy-cable, loose socket, cross-talk...
/*
** Jo Even Skarstein
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~josk/
**
** beer - maria mckee - atari falcon - babylon 5
*/
Received on lø. des. 06 1997 - 11:45:12 CET