Emax

I used to boot off an internal zip drive (until the zip drive itself
died) it will work... however it's not really a solution for most as
usually the reason you want to boot off scsi is because the floppy is
dead. if the floppy drive is dead, you can't format the zip drive in
the first place, its rather paradoxical... if you start with the
internal zip @ a different ID format it with the floppy then put the
ZIP drive to 0, it works... ack those were painful times...
~AJB


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> Yes it is, but only on an EMAX-II (unless you change it). Not on EMAX-
> HD/Plus. The internal HD of an EMAX-HD/Plus has the ID set to 0. You 
> can remove this internal harddrive or perhaps change its ID, and then 
> reassign the ID 0 to an external HD if the external device allows it. 
> In that case you can boot from the external HD.
> EMAX-HD/Plus always tries to boot from floppy or SCSI ID 0. As far as 
> I know the floppydrive in the EMAX (the non-EMAX-II that is) is 
> simply not a SCSI device...
> See also the PDF files on the SCSI upgrade on www.emulatorarchive.com.
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Schumann" <roger_schumann@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Isn´t the Floppy defined as SCSI 0?
> > 
> > Roger
> > 
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: esynthesist 
> >   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
> >   Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:48 PM
> >   Subject: [emax] Re: Boot from SCSI
> > 
> > 
> >   As far as I know the Emax Plus can only boot from either floppy 
> or 
> >   SCSI 0. So you'll need a SCSI device which can have the SCSI ID 
> set 
> >   to zero. External ZIP drives can only have the ID set to 5 or 6.
> >   Internal ZIP drives however can have a SCSI ID set to 0 (I think).
> > 
> >   The EMAX-II checks the whole SCSI-chain, so if you use an EMAX-II 
> you 
> >   can boot from any SCSI device. 
> > 
> >   Maybe I am wrong about the Emax Plus, but that's what I read 
> about it 
> >   and mine seems also not to be able to boot from an external ZIP 
> drive 
> >   (but I don't have a lot of experience with that machine).
> > 
> >   ///E-Synthesist
> > 
> >   --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Alastair Gibbs" <alastair.gibbs@> 
> >   wrote:
> >   >
> >   > Hi Lyn,
> >   > 
> >   > Thanks for the quick response. The problem is the emax always 
> >   looks 
> >   > to the floppy disk drive first and I can't find the settings 
> where 
> >   > you can tell it to look at the SCSI port first. Do i have to 
> take 
> >   > the floppy drive out?
> >   > 
> >   > Thanks
> >   > 
> >   > 
> >   > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Lyn Oakey" <lynoakey@> wrote:
> >   > >
> >   > > Just copy your op sys to the Zip and it should automatically 
> be 
> >   > found
> >   > > on boot up.
> >   > > I have this working on both the Emax SE Plus HD and Emax II 
> >   without 
> >   > any problems.
> >   > > 
> >   > > regards
> >   > > Lyn
> >   > > 
> >   > > 
> >   > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   > > From: Alastair Gibbs 
> >   > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
> >   > > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:15 PM
> >   > > Subject: [emax] Boot from SCSI
> >   > > 
> >   > > 
> >   > > Does anyone know if you can boot up from the SCSI port? I 
> have 
> >   a 
> >   > ZIP 
> >   > > 100 drive connected with all of my samples and programs on 
> and 
> >   it 
> >   > would 
> >   > > be convenient (and probably less noisy!) to boot up from this 
> >   > rather 
> >   > > than booting from a floppy every time. Is there any setting 
> to 
> >   > tell 
> >   > > the Emax where to look to boot up?
> >   > > 
> >   > > Also - has anyone successfully installed an internal SCSI zip 
> >   > drive in 
> >   > > their machine? I might try and do this soon.
> >   > > 
> >   > > Thanks
> >   > > 
> >   > > 
> >   > > 
> >   > > 
> >   > > 
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