[Coco] SyQuest Procedures

[richec]

Hello:

I have finally freed up some time to begin doing something with my Cloud-9 
NitrOS-9 system. The first thing I want to do is back up my hard drive on to 
the 120mb SyQuest drive also hooked up to my system.

BTW my system is a Cloud 9 built up system with 512k RAM, 6309 CPU, with the 
TC3 SCSI interface controller. The hard drive has been formated and set up by 
Cloud 9 with 255 RSDOS floppy partitions and a large OS-9/NitrOS-9 partition 
after that. I REALLY do not want to screw that up. The NitrOS level is 
ver2.00. I know that this is not the latest and greatest, but I do not want 
to try updating it until I have a proper backup. Hence my questions. I do 
have backup boot floppies, one will start the boot and transfer control to 
the hard drive, that other will do it all and allow me to see the HD and if 
necessary format it.

First - I need to know that proper procedure for ejecting the cartridges. I 
have been warned that there is a right way and a wrong way to do that. Do it 
wrong a thingsget broken. So some enlightnement would be greatly appreciated. 
Also a yellow light appears above the green light once in a while. This has 
happened when I reset the CoCo for reboot, what does that mean. TIA.

Second, when I do a dmode on /h1 the results are drv=1 hda=1, but when I do a 
dir on /h1, the results match the results of a dir on /h0. So I get the 
impression the system is hitting the hard drive both times. How can I get the 
system to look at the SyQuest volumn? After studying an old TC3 manual I get 
the impression that changing the dns from 81 (SCSI ID 0) to 82 (SCSI ID 1) 
for /h1, I would be making the system look at the SyQuest, but when I do this 
and try to dir it or hformat it the system hangs until I reset it. Am I wrong 
about dns? TIA

Richard