I just got a Sony MDH-10 data drive (thru eBay, $150). I'm having some
problems with it on my Win'98 VAIO laptop, using the Win'95 drivers v1.25
from the Sony web site. Has anyone else had any trouble with using these
drivers on Win'98?
Specifically, if the drivers are present when I boot, Windows fails with
"initalizing device SHELL: unable to load KRNL386.EXE" and then eventually
says "It's now safe to turn off your computer." (How nice.)
I can boot in command mode, rename the offending VXDs, and then reboot
successfully. Then after Windows is up and running, I put the VXDs back in
place and then I can use the drive. Rather annoying.
Since these drivers aren't any use unless the drive is connected, is there
any way to force Windows to postpone loading them until I've plugged in the
drive? (I figure the SCSI drivers must already work this way, since I'm
using a PCMCIA SCSI adapter...)
-- Howard Chu
Chief Architect, Symas Corp. Director, Highland Sun
http://www.symas.com http://highlandsun.com/hyc
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