When I boot my QL with the Tetroid CF interface, normally, I get this on top of the boot screen :
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QUBIDE/QubATA Driver - V3.10BT(AH)
Timing calibration >........<Done>
Detection >>1<Done>
CF300s
QubATA Driver started
Miracle Systems V1.37 C 1984
Trump Card 896K RAM
CARE/QJUMP TK2.26 C 1985
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QUBIDE/QubATA Driver - V3.10BT(AH)
Timing calibration >........<Done>
Detection >>1<Done>
Master failed
Unknown/faulty device (ATA)
QubATA Driver started
Linking WIN1_ failed!
Miracle Systems V1.37 C 1984
Trump Card 896K RAM
CARE/QJUMP TK2.26 C 1985
And twice, I even got this :
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QUBIDE/QubATA Driver - V3.10BT(AH)
QubIDE not found or GALs error - Halted
Miracle Systems V1.37 C 1984
Trump Card 896K RAM
CARE/QJUMP TK2.26 C 1985
Someone tell me what would cause this behaviour ? the CF ? the interface ?
I have to tell, that because I found the 8Gb CF too large to be really useful, I partitionned three smaller CF cards that I had, succesfully : after trying several partitionning schemes, I finally did :
- 24 partitions of 40Mb with 2Kb blocks (80Kb FAT) on a 1Gb CF (1999 tracks : 82 tracks per partition).
- 12 partitions of 40Mb with 2Kb blocks (80Kb FAT) on two 512 CF (they have not exactly the same geometry, one has 1001 tracks and the other 993).
The incidents I describe began to happen after I had checked that everything was OK and already thansfered all my 720Kb floppies to the 1Gb CF (8 boxes of 14 floppies - filling unsorted 2 40Mb partitions). And after I made with the HABI image editor an "image" of the 1Gb CF and one of the 512Mb CF that I use for tests, and succeeded restoring that image on the same 512Mb CF - but not on the other - message : not the same geometry ! So, to move content from one CF to another, I guess that I will have to do it with the files transfer option of the HABI software.
Any Ideas, anyone ? I precise that when swapping the CF cards, I !!!always!!! took the precaution to shutdown the QL before.
May the Forth be with you !
Paul