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- From: kindel@ghoti.osf.org (Bill Kindel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 2nd SCSI drive A2000
- Date: 18 Jan 1996 17:12:20 GMT
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- Message-ID: <KINDEL.96Jan18121220@ghoti.osf.org>
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- In-reply-to: Kevin Allen's message of 16 Jan 1996 16:55:54 GMT
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- Kevin Allen <73652.2753@CompuServe.COM> writes:
-
- > I am trying to add a second SCSI drive to my A2000 running under 2.04.
- > The problem I seem to have is that the Amiga doesn't recognize it until I
- > go back to the System tools thing on formatting. The info on the drive
- > is all there but the drive is not there when I boot up. Any ideas? Help
- > me!
-
- I would bet that the SCSI unit address of the new drive is higher than
- that of the original. Assuming you have an A2091 controller, start the
- HDToolbox program (it usually lives in SYS:Tools). HDToolbox will scan
- the SCSI bus and reset the "Last Unit" flag on your boot drive. This
- change has to be be explicitly saved (HDToolbox will indicate that a
- change has occurred, but it's up to you to make it permanent). Likewise,
- your NEW drive will have ITS Last Unit flag set, which shortens the boot
- process by telling KickStart that there aren't any more drives to check.
-
- As you can infer from the above, the problem is that KickStart is told
- that your boot drive is the "Last Unit", so it doesn't see/mount your new
- drive. HDToolbox will fix all that for you.
-
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