Emax

emax will only boot from scsi id 0 as thats writtten in the os code it will format on any scsi id and will reed disks in any scsi id with the plus operating system were you can change the scsi id 

but booting the os from scsi it has to bee on scsi id 0 and if you are using an external zip drive they will only terminate on id 5 or id 6 with out termination its not the emaxes fault but iomega,s fault in only letting it adress those 2 scsi id if you want to use an external scsi cartridge drive then get either a ez135 or ez230 by syquest these can be set to any scsi id and dont suffer the click of death as do zip drives or better still get a card drive from ted which will cost you a little more but you can use compactflash cards at 32mb with out much wastage as the emax can only format to 20mb so thats only 12mb wastage compared to 80mb on a zip disk
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ted Summers 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 3:44 AM
  Subject: Re: [emax] DIsk Not Formatted!


    If when you formatted the zip you copied the plus OS to it, then yes- 
  but keep in mind unless you have a Zip that can be set to ID0, the 
  Emax won't boot from it.

  Regards,
  Ted

  On Oct 5, 2009, at 7:28 PM, roberth909 wrote:

  Hello,
  I bought a used Emax recently. Every now and then I get a "Disk Not 
  Formatted!" error when it's trying to load the software, and when it 
  decides to move beyond the error, then the floppy seems to work fine. 
  Now it seems to be in a state where I can't move beyond the error and 
  I can't load the OS. I did successfully install an external SCSI jack 
  and I was able to format a Zip disk a few days ago. Is there OS Plus 
  1.0 on the Zip disk? And if so can I get it to boot from the Zip disk? 
  I've tried to insert the floppy again and again, I've repeatedly 
  rebooted the Emax, all I get is a crunching sound in the floppy drive 
  and the error message like it's trying its best to read the floppy but 
  just can't pull it off. Is it time replace the floppy drive, I'm sure 
  it's the original drive.
  Thanks!
  Robert

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