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- From: vos@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (Eelko de Vos)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: SCSI2 200Mb harddisk and GVP controller
- Date: 8 Mar 1996 15:53:02 GMT
- Organization: Weyland Yutani
- Message-ID: <4hpl4u$47o@mo6.rc.tudelft.nl>
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-
- Yep, I've done it. I've finally stepped up towards a bigger harddisk. But...
- Somehow it won't work.
-
- I've got a A500 with a GVP 50Mb harddrive. Now, I thought about upgrading it
- by placing a new disk into my controller. Bought me an IBM 200Mb SCSI2 disk,
- and shoved it inside. It didn't work. When I turned the power on (on my
- harddisk) the controller started to examine what the heck was hooked up to
- it, and after a few attempts to reposition the heads, or whatever it wanted
- to find out, it just shut down the harddrive entirely. The LEDs went dead,
- the fan shut down, like it had no power anymore.
-
- I bet (???) that the controller couldn't find any 'normal' harddisk, and so
- it turned off the entire drive.
-
- Now, my question is: is it possible at all to shove a 200Mb SCSI2 disk into
- my GVP controller? Here's some technical info:
-
- GVP: Impact Series II controller, (gvpscsi.device version 3.14)
- (so I _guess_ it's a SCSI2 but I doubt it for it cannot 'connect' to
- the new drive... So I assume a SCSI-1 controller)
- 50Mb large SCSI-1(?) disk inside
-
- 200Mb disk:
- IBM , model WDS-3200, p/n 79f4042, SCSI-2
-
- Any suggestions are very welcome... Also by email...
-
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