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colorado 20gb external dual kayak piii 550 4 series hangs.

 
BR706419
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colorado 20gb external dual kayak piii 550 4 series hangs.

After adding a second cpu, hangs the the kayak when the colorado 20gb external is connected.

How to solve this? Throw the tape unit out of the window?

It was sold with a windows 2000 compatible sticker, but it only produced problems and there are never the right drivers delivered.
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Munir_1
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Re: colorado 20gb external dual kayak piii 550 4 series hangs.


can I have some more information?
I assume you are running Win 2000,
what Backup Software are using?
The Driver comes with the software that you are installing.
for example is you install CBii9.0 the driver needed will be installed.
is the Drive connected by it self"isolated"
or is it Shared, Master /Slave etc...

Thank You
Munir!
BR706419
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Re: colorado 20gb external dual kayak piii 550 4 series hangs.

Yes w2k + CBii9.0 + drivers correct installed.

The external drive is connected to te parallel port.

Before installing the second cpu, the software already refused to create a disaster software.
Only full and incremental backups are possible.

Are there any drivers and backup software for linux?
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Bob_196
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Re: colorado 20gb external dual kayak piii 550 4 series hangs.

Try adding switches to the Epat driver
Right-click My Computer icon and select Properties.
Select the device manager.
Double-click the SCSI controllers.
Double-click the EPAT Shuttle driver.
Under the Settings tab there is an Adapter Settings path.
Try adding combinations of the following switches:
/de - Disable EPP check.
/db - Disable EPPBIOS.
/dp - Skip PS/2 DMA Arbitration disable.
/di - Disable interrupt mode.
/ni - Skip chipset initialization.
/sf - Suppress fast mode detection.
Example: /W95 /de /db /dp
BR706419
Advisor

Re: colorado 20gb external dual kayak piii 550 4 series hangs.

Bob,

The driver is not visible when the drive is not connected. When the driver is connected, then the machine hangs.

It quiet hard to turn off one cpu, reinstall single cpu driver and try to test your options.
And it might be possible that I have to remove physically the second cpu, configure your options, install the second cpu and so on.

Are you sure that your options operates fine in windows 2000?
Is it possible to set your options in the .inf file?
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BR19682
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Re: colorado 20gb external dual kayak piii 550 4 series hangs.

Hi there.
Part 1 :

What about the cables ?
Everything ok ?
Usually these devices work on SCSI interfaces.

Part 2 :

Is it not possible to start W2k only with one CPU ( setup done by W2k ) ?
This is possible under NT.
What about this feature in W2k ?
We had to do this under NT to install Oracle softare for sample. We did NOT deactivate the CPU in the bios.

Part 3 :

Under Linux you have standard tools like tar or cpio. You have to check, whether a device file is created for your tape.

Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes


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