Quite correct (ahem) I'd forgotten the romdisq was there :-( The hard disk is dead though. It won't reformat via the qubide, though I haven't tried installign it elsewhere yet. I haven't tried Norman's suggestion of dropping it though.... will no doubt resurface to report on that one soon!
-- Dilwyn Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] qubide > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn > Jones > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > Hi Dilwyn, > > It seems like you may be booting SMSQ/E from elsewhere, to get it to > start OK. > > Have you got it in RAM or ROM somewhere else on the machine ? > > As you know, a WIN DRIVE is just a large file held on a hard disk, > so if > it its not being read then hard drive is not being seen. > >>Help! >> >>When I power up my Minis-QL (Aurora/Super Gold Card/Qubide) the >>opening screen where the rom versions etc are printed with the F1 >>Monitor/F2 TV prompts, I get a message saying "this is not a Qubide >>partition". But it starts up SMSQ/E and my boot program OK. Any >>attempt then to DIR WIN1_ gives a "Not Found" error. Seems strange >>it'll start up SMSQ/E and my boot program then WIN1_ magically >>vanishes. >> >>Is this likely to be a dying hard disk? Or does anyone have any >>other >>suggestions? >> > > -- > Malcolm Cadman > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1341 - Release Date: > 24/03/2008 15:03 > > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
