Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 02:39:00 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Adam McDougall <mcdougall@ameritech.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Atlas II firmware of death Message-ID: <360affdb.141721920@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <360AAB06.B628D775@ameritech.net> References: <199809241701.LAA01778@narnia.plutotech.com> <360AAB06.B628D775@ameritech.net>
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On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:26:46 -0400, Adam McDougall <mcdougall@ameritech.net> wrote: >> This looks like an "Atlas II firmware of death" problem > >I've tried many many times to update it, making sure im terminated >correctly etc. I am using a sca to 68 pin converter on the atlas II, I >hope that isn't causing any bother with this; Any time I'd attempt to >update the firmware with either qshrldr or the other more fancy menuized >program (both for dos) my drive would act like the power had been >breifly lost, and go through the noises it makes during poweron. I've >called Quantum about it and they basically can't offer help Sounds like the same problem I experienced. On my box with six Atlas II drives I could successfully update the firmware on all drives except the boot drive. I learned that I had to boot from a DOS floppy and run the firmware update from A: (not from C:) to get the boot drive to update properly. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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