E-mu Emulator Sampler User Forum for the EIII EII EI and EIII XP

Hello everybody,

I tried today to install os into a floppy disk with omniflop but i can not succeed...

Somebody can telle the way to do this  !

I format with emax as said in another topic : ok
When i want to write to write the image of the soft, omniflop tell me to choose a format => but when i click to Emu, there is nothing ... so i choose "all" and at the end , i have a message of windowx XP " floppy disk drive A : error" : the media in the drive cannot be read... >:(

Thank you very much

ARES

News,

I 've made a floppy disk with omniflop and the os 2.42...

I put this floppy in the emuiii , but i cannot launch ...

I've read that a blank bank is necessary , but how put it in the floppy with the os , there is no enough space for it .

Any Advices ?

Best regards

Ares

There should be the dedicated E III format, please search for it. I know that, because I'm the one who added this to Omniflop.  :)

Thanks a lot Wirefall... i will try that  !

I've format my floppy as said in the forum for emax , but  it seems not to  work .

I'll tell you the news.

Thanks for your suggestion .

ARES

No chance... I've tried all the format emuiii ( hd), emuiii(standard),emax... But my emu begin to boot  and write'' booting from floppy''  and after 1 or 2 seconds look for scsi 1,2,3,....

What must i do ?  :-[

Is my floppy at the end of his life ?

Hope someone can help me  ???

If the OS makes an endless searching for SCSI, you have another problem!

The OS seems to work normal, but the OS couldn´t find a hardisk. Perhaps there are some problems with the termination of the internal harddisk, or the hardisk is faulty.......

If the OS couldn´t find a hardisk, the unit won´t work......

Chris

Thanks vds242 for your answer.

My hd is faulty , ( almost )for sure ... Your seem to say that the hd is necessary for the floppy to booting.

But i've read here in the forum that even with a faulty hd, eiii can boot by only the floppy.

So, what to think ?? ???

Are you using a 1.44Mb floppy or a 800k floppy?

I use a 1.44Mb floppy and have to stick and cover the tab hole on the corner for Omniflop to recognise the disk. When using in the EIII, I have to unblock it.

I'm not sure if this is relevant to you, but it's something I discovered.

Perhaps the EIII can boot with a faulty HD.

BUT I think the OS must recognize even a faulty HD for ending up the boot process.

I think a good idea is to start another Thread, where you describes the "endless searching for SCSI during the boot process".

Just my 2 cent!

Good Luck!

Christian

Thanks for your answers.

But the solution proposed doesn't work , ... Too :'(

If the hd is the problem, i've to change it but, after a longtime trying to search one it seems almost impossible to have one for a normal price.

I wonder if i put a compact flash, the problem would be resolved...?

What do you think is bettervto do ?

My eiii want to be alive and i haven't yet the magic solution to propose to it... But i MUST do it  ;)

UPDATE,

After some cleaning of some part of the beast, the hd was monted...

Strange but ok !

Best regards

Thanks so much for the reply, mg.
Here's the board info to make sure we're talking about the same one - if you could please confirm.
Sounds like we are and I've definitely seen smoke. Everything else "looked" pretty good tho, so I'm hoping for the best there.
I even ordered another hard drive - same make and model - Quantum Maverick to try as a replacement if it gets to that.
I'll keep everyone posted for results....


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