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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: on January 10, 2003, 06:55:51 PM

Title: Configuring drive in 2500
Post by: on January 10, 2003, 06:55:51 PM

Anyone know if a Seagate ST34572 drive (4gig) can be configured to run on a A2500?

If so, how? :-?

Title: Re: Configuring drive in 2500
Post by: SilvrDrgn on January 10, 2003, 07:06:36 PM

Is that SCSI or IDE?  Doesn't really matter.  It should work without a problem.  What version AmigaOS are you using ???

Title: Re: Configuring drive in 2500
Post by: on January 10, 2003, 07:56:22 PM

System 2.0 - it is a SCSI

Title: Re: Configuring drive in 2500
Post by: SilvrDrgn on January 10, 2003, 08:05:22 PM

Should work.  Just plug it in and try it.  Might have to do some setup of it with HDToolBox or some other hard drive prepping utility.

Title: Re: Configuring drive in 2500
Post by: on January 10, 2003, 08:38:50 PM

It didn't recognize it at first.

Using the HD Utility - when auto config was tried it saw it as a 128Meg drive.

When I tried to manually set the number of cylinders (6311) and heads (8) it also wants to know how many tracks/cylinder and blocks/track. Not knowing the last two items I left them alone.

It says it formatted but I can't see it mounted.
 

Title: Re: Configuring drive in 2500
Post by: SilvrDrgn on January 10, 2003, 08:59:46 PM

HD Utility???  Is that the name of it?  Never heard of that before, if so.  Try HDInstTools from Aminet.