AW: [Oberon] Re. A2: Eject media

[Stauber Sven Philipp]

Hi,

> The week-end, inet-access-PC here, doesn't display CD-based A2, after the initial DOS-based <loading Oberon> mesg.  I'm guessing the video is incompatible.

This is very unlikely.... so far I haven't seen a single machine where the video was not compatible... More likely some "other" problems prevent the machine from booting . The easiest way to find out what's wrong in case of a black screen is tracing over serial-port (TraceMode=4, TracePort=1, TraceBPS=115200), or,  if no serial ports or  2nd computer is available, tracing over screen (TraceMode=1, Init=).

Try to add the following configuration strings:
ATADetect=legacy
MaxProcs=-1
ExtMemSize=128

> I don't know how to 'associate' "Port1: Port2:" with a <dev> ?!

The association of the USB storage device to its (disk) device name is made by the USB mass storage driver (UsbStorage.Install ~).  If the USB mass storage driver succeeded in handling the disk device, it should show up in the output of Partitions.Show ~.

>CD-A2 won't mount any IDE, and  after I install CD-A2 to a partition, [...]

So your machine boots the A2 "LiveCD"? Compare the configuration strings from the LiveCD and the installation. This is the main difference between these two.

> Of course you'd have to `mount <dev>` before you could <eject dev>, but CD-A2 won't mount ANYTHING ?!

The Partitions.Eject command should also work in case you have not mounted any volume on the disk device (actually, it would be a bad idea to eject when some volumes would be mounted).

Best,
Sven

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] Im Auftrag von Chris Glur
Gesendet: Samstag, 28. August 2010 02:00
An: oberon
Cc: crglur at gmail.com
Betreff: [Oberon] Re. A2: Eject media


Sven wrote:
> In A2, you can use the command Partitions.Eject dev ~ to send an eject 
> command to a storage device.

The week-end, inet-access-PC here, doesn't display CD-based A2, after the initial DOS-based <loading Oberon> mesg.  I'm guessing the video is incompatible.

The during-week-PC  20 Km away, IIRC showed [under Inspect -> USB] the USBmouse & the fake USB CDROM, as "Port1: Port2:".
I don't know how to 'associate' "Port1: Port2:" with a <dev> ?!
Also under linux I don't know the corrersponding /dev/* for "USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 5"
eg. when I log the following test results:---
-> move USB connector ==
Code: 8b 40 24 8b 40 04 85 c0 74 14 ff 40 10 8b 06 8b 40 10 8b 40
 <6>usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 3  <--- FROM
hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 4
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 4
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 4
hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 5  <-- TO
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 5
------------------------------------
AND
 CD-A2 won't mount any IDE, and
 after I install CD-A2 to a partition, my diskette-booter
  from years of N-O usage, shows blank-screen, when I try
  to boot the assumed installed A2, and blank-screen for the
  previously tested ETHN-O partition too.
Apparently the video setting is incompatible with the 'installation' but not with the CD version.

I move my main IDE between the 2 PCs.

Also very strange is that, the PC that runs ETHlinuxOberon with a PS2 mouse, needs a USB mouse for A2.

Of course you'd have to `mount <dev>` before you could <eject dev>, but CD-A2 won't mount ANYTHING ?!

Thanks,

== Chris Glur.

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