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- From: Rick_Lang@amusers.UUCP (Rick Lang)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Binddrivers problem with A2090 and 2.04
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- Message-ID: <Rick_Lang.00kb@amusers.UUCP>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 15:40:18 PST
- Organization: AmUsers - The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC
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- In a message dated Sun 8 Nov 92 2:48, hbo@netcom.com (Howard Owen) wrote:
-
- HO> I've run into a problem reinstalling my old A2090 (NOT A2090a)
- HO> with attached ST251 HD onto my rev 4.3 B2000 after upgrading to OS
- HO> 2.04. If you haven't paniced at the sight of all the rev numbers in
-
- No problem, I have this setp except I have a Rev 4 German A2000.
-
- HO> with the brand new A2090 ST506/SCSI controller. My hddisk driver
- HO> dates
- HO> from the 1.3 release. I'm using the 1.3 FFS.
-
- Why 1.3 FFS? I switched to the improved WB2.04 ROM internal FastFileSystem
- and you should too. That means changing your hddisk files in your
- expansion drawer to those that on your WB2 disks (Install disk?); just copy
- them into SYS:Expansion and Binddrivers will be happy. You'll be able to
- Mount in your Startup-sequence or user-startup file.
-
- HO> FF0:
- HO> Device = hddisk.device
- HO> LowCyl = 3 ; HighCyl = 819
- HO> Buffers = 30
- HO> GlobVec = -1
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Remove any reference to Global Vectors when using the internal WB2 ROM
- FastFileSystem.
-
- HO> StackSize = 4000
-
- I doubt it's necessary but I use a 6000 byte Stack.
-
- HO> Mount = 1
- HO> DosType = 0x444F5301
-
- Everything else appears to be equivalent to my definition so you should be
- fine. I see we both kept Cylinder 2 for the old file system default DH0
- partition which the old A2090 requires. Do not ever mount of reference
- that partition though as I'm sure you have not; I didn't even format it
- under WB2, just leave it alone. Perhaps someone else may KNOW that it's no
- longer required with the FastFileSystem in ROM but it wasn't worth getting
- back the space from one cylinder to do the required reformatting etc. Good
- luck!
-
-
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- -- Via DLG Pro v0.995
-
- Rick Lang - please respond publically as I do not have netmail.
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