| From: | David McMinn |
| Date: | 7 Sep 2001 at 20:44:57 |
| Subject: | [amigactive] Re: Two hard drives (again) |
--- In amigactive@y..., Gareth Griffiths <gazchap@b...> wrote:
> See the following URL for a diagram of the IDE connections going
> to/from the drives and the IDE interface (4-way buffered).
We have a budding artist in the house ;p
> Basically, the 1st hard drive is recognised and boots up as normal.
> The CD-ROM drive is found and works OK, but the 2nd hard drive ISN'T
> found - either by Workbench or HDInstTools/HDToolBox.
What software do you have for your IDE interface?
If you have IDEFix, chances are you are using atapi.device for the
CDROM (which will include the ability to read both IDE channels for
CDROM drives).
For the HDDs, you'll probably be using a patched or replacement
scsi.device (whether it's EIDE99 or IDEFix). Make sure that the
software for the IDE buffer is actually running, and if it is a
replacement scsi.device (e.g. scsi.2nd.device - although I just made
the name up :) use that device name in teh HDTB tooltypes.
> The first hard drive is connected to the interface by a
> 40-pin->44pin converter and is connected to the "Channel 1 (44pin)"
> connector.
I thought one of them was a 2.5" drive anyway? Or have you not risked
it yet :)
> The second hard drive and CD-ROM are connected to the interface by a
> single IDE cable and this is connected to the "Channel 2
> (Master/Slave) 40pin" connector. I've tried switching the IDE
> connectors around on the CD-ROM/hard drive and none of them make a
> difference.
Make sure (yes, do it again) that you have got the HDD to be master
and the CD as slave. Make sure the IDE cable is connected correctly
(pin1 on cable->pin1 on HDD) - the amount of times I find the pins on
opposite sides (comparing CD to HDD) still surprises me.
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