CFFA3000 can't mount more than 2 images

[mac512]

Hi guys,

this one is for the people that has a CFFA3000 running in a IIgs ROM 01. I just can't mount more than 2 32MB images at once. I recall mounting more than 4 images at once but I think that it was with a ROM 03 motherboard that died and replaced by a ROM 01.

Any ideas to what might be the problem?

Thanks.

 

[david__schmidt]

I don't think there's any kind of ROM restriction on how many drives the CFFA3000 can host on a GS at once.  The version of ProDOS (or GSOS) can make a difference, though.  What OS are you booting and expecting to see the drives in?

 

[mac512]

It boots System 6.0.1. I even tried a fresh install of the OS, but no difference. I'm starting to think that maybe my IIgs has some hardware issue...

Any of you with a similar setup can mount more than 2 images?

 

[HoJoPo]

It boots System 6.0.1. I even tried a fresh install of the OS, but no difference. I'm starting to think that maybe my IIgs has some hardware issue...

Any of you with a similar setup can mount more than 2 images?

I can mount more than two images on my Rom 01.  My CFFA 3000 is in slot 7, and additional mounts show up as slot 2 and slot 4.  If your CFFA 3000 is not in slot 7, there are restrictions on the number of images it can mount, due to how Prodos handles smartport devices.

 

[NJRoadfan]

GS/OS doesn't have any drive restrictions like ProDOS 8 normally has (no slot/drive limits). Anything on the list of mounted Smartport devices should show up on the Finder desktop. Heck, I have both a RamFAST SCSI with two partitions on top of anything I have mounted on the CFFA3000.