Amiga Video Toaster / Flyer FAQs
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      "Cannot Obtain Audio Services" Error

Product: Flyer Toaster

Platforms: 2000 3000 3000T 4000 4000T

Problem: When the Toaster or Flyer software is run, startup fails with the error message "Cannot obtain audio services."

This problem occurs on Amiga 4000 systems equipped with the Expansion Systems product "DataFlyer SCSI+", which is a SCSI adaptor for the Amiga 4000 IDE port. The driver program supplied with this product is called "DFMOUNT", and is used to scan for and mount any SCSI hard drives found on the SCSI bus. The problem occurs when DFMOUNT is told to search a SCSI unit number that does not have a drive present.

In the startup-sequence file the line that is listed as:

DFMount >NIL: 2 3 4 5 6

needs to be changed so that only the hard drives which are actually present are searched for.

Example:

DFMount >NIL: 6

This would indicate that only one hard drive is attached, and its SCSI ID is 6.

This information is included in the Appendices to the Toaster and Flyer 4.x manuals. This may apply to other versions of the DataFlyer which use the DFMount command.