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[ErrethAkbe]

Hi all,

Hoping to get some guidance on the following setup:

A2000, 6.2 mobo
2065 Ethernet card (irrelevant to this question)
G-Force 030 Combo w/4Mb RAM, SCSI HD and CD-ROM connected
Video Toaster

For O/S software, I have 3.1 installer disks, the 3.5 OS update CD-ROM and a few older utilities that purport to provide CD-ROM support.

Just got the video toaster and before I install it, I want to get the CD-ROM working. The HD has been working for quite a while but I can't figure out how to get any SCSI CD-ROM drives to be recognized, and I have tried several. The software I am using isn't working. :-(

I am very well acquainted with SCSI termination issues, and I can assure everyone that this is NOT the problem.

I guess I'd like to know how have others got their CD-ROMs to work with this setup. It seems that OS 3.1 has no CD-ROM support? If so...how to get to 3.5 with no CD-ROM?

Thanks for any guidance!

[Argus]

You have to specify gvpscsi.device and the correct scsi ID number for any cdrom driver software to find the drive. Try AmiCDFS (it's free and works great).

[doctorq]

If you have the complete Workbench 3.1 set installed, then copy the CD0 and CD0.info files found in SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers to SYSevs/DOSDrivers. Edit the CD0 file to use gvpscsi.device as device driver and set the unit number to the one on the CD drive. Now write Mount CD0: and everything should be ready to go.

[ErrethAkbe]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I got this working. I don't know what was wrong the first time; I suppose the reinstall of a fresh 3.1 install cured many ills. Regardless, I am now running my system as I had hoped, with the CD-ROM, Ethernet card and so on all working.

I am now working on getting some replacement media for my Video Toaster board since the set I have has one bad disk and is missing one as well. :-(

Anyway, everything works--all I need now is more RAM, my Toaster software and maybe a nice scandoubler.

Thanks for the help!