NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/st/tech/6790

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From: [e-mail] (maximum entropy)
Subject: Re: Coexisting hard drives
In-Reply-To: [e-mail]'s message of Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:28:18 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael Hohmuth) writes:
>The device which it boots off is always device number 0, no matter where
>the device is in the chain. So be sure you give your Toadfile a device address
>different from 0. (To be more correct: It boot from the first DMA device it
>can read and execute a boot sector from.)

Will it be obvious how to change the device address of the Toadfile?

>The ICD software is compatible to AHDI, so you will be able to access your
>AHDI-formatted partitions while running the ICD driver.
>
>I think it's not nessecary to boot from your Toadfile. You could install
>the ICD booter on your Megadrive and then boot from it. In this case, you
>would not have to change your Megafile's device number (which, as I heard,
>is even impossible with some older Megafiles).

Will ICD Cleanup be able to cope with the AHDI partitions?  If my
Megafile's address can be changed, where are the appropriate switches
or jumpers to do it?

Thanks muchly,
entropy

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