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- On 25 Apr 96 at 21:30, EADEANS wrote:
-
- >I tried out Beta 0 #3 last night and saw that it (like 1.99q12) cannot see
- >HFS volumes attached to my computer via my Adaptec SCSI card under Warp.
- >Version 1.99 could see the volume but not write/read--some kind of
- >browser/executor "access error"...
- >
- >It works fine under DOS 5 but Warp support for reading HFS volumes is
- >*extremely* important to me. I'm using the latest Adaptec drivers (Warp
- >FixPak 17).
-
- Two thoughts come to mind:
-
- 1. (probably obvious) You need to have virtual ASPI support for DOS
- sessions loaded, which if memory serves is done by having the lines
-
- BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD
- DEVICE=x:\OS2\MDOS\VASPI.SYS (where x = boot drive)
-
- in CONFIG.SYS.
-
- 2. It is possible that the OS/2 drive manager, OS2DASD.DMD, is allocating
- the drive preventing it from been seen via ASPI (unlike DOS, under OS/2
- only devices not allocated by other managers can be accessed via ASPI). There
- are two possible workarounds for this situation:
-
- a) There's a switch for the BASEDEV (.ADD) that prevents specified SCSI
- IDs from being allocated by OS2DASD.DMD - I can't remember what it is,
- but HELP BASEDEV should provide the starting point. The disadvantage, if
- the device is removable, is that PC-format disks will be inaccessible to
- OS/2 with this switch in effect.
-
- b) Adding the switch /ALL to the OS2ASPI.DMD command line will allow
- access to all devices even if allocated to other managers. This is risky
- as this potentially allows other DOS programs to affect/corrupt devices
- in use by OS/2. You may also require the switch /SHARE as well to prevent
- devices from being locked by the DOS session; see online help for more
- info.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
-