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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: rja4096 on July 31, 2007, 12:22:00 PM

Title: Do I need to re-format a partition to get it to boot?
Post by: rja4096 on July 31, 2007, 12:22:00 PM

Hi I have a 4GB HD in my 1200, 2 partitions (main and second) both 2GB.

I want to be able to hold both mouse buttone when I boot and choose which partition to boot from.

When I originally set up the drive, I only made DF0 bootable. - so only df0 is listed to choose when I hold both buttons and boot. Since I have gone back into HDTools and clicked to make second drive bootable. This worked so I now get df0 and df1 to choose from.

Are there any problems with this should I have re-formatted.

I don't want to loose or transfer the data I have on df1:

Thanks, Rick.

Title: Re: Do I need to re-format a partition to get it to boot?
Post by: Chain on July 31, 2007, 12:50:22 PM

If you will go to hdtools and check "Bootable" for each drive, you must alos save his infromation on that drive.
you will not loose any files or partitions, its only flag.

do not forget to set different boot priority for each drive or it can boot from random partition sometimes :) (while i saw this first time i thought i have ghost in the machine :lol:  )