I need some help......

[DoomMaster]

First of all, your BOOT Hard Drive should ALWAYS be set to ID # 0.  Your next SCSI device should be set for ID # 1 and so on.  The higher the ID number the lower the priority.  For some strange reason the A2091 SCSI Controller card loves Quantum Hard Drives the best.  Did you use the A2091 Installation software disk?  If you did not, you really should.   Here are the instructions for properly installing a new hard drive on an Amiga 2000HD.  I am assuming that you are booting from the A2091 Installation Software disk, like you should be doing.  Before you begin, make sure that the A2091 disk is NOT write protected (the new hard drive parameters MUST be written to the A2091 Installation disk.  Ok, here we go....

First, boot up your Amiga 2000HD with a copy of the original Amiga A2091 Installation Software disk.  Make sure that disk is write enabled.  Then load up the HDToolbox.  The first thing you have to do is to define the new drive type and save it to the disk in DF0.  If you do not do this, the Amiga 2000HD will not know what type of a hard drive is installed.  To do this:  Click on Change Drive Type on the Hard Disk Preparation, Partitioning and Formatting screen.  Then click on Define New Drive Type.  You can type in the drive's specifications, or you can have the system try to read the drive's specifications by clicking on Read Configuration from Drive.  When the correct specifications are selected, then click on OK to return to the Change Drive Type screen.  Then click OK again.  Next:    You MUST Low-Level Format the Hard Drive.  After formatting is complete, click on Verify Data on Drive.  This will check the hard disk for bad blocks.  Next Partition the hard drive and save the changes to disk.  Now, reboot your Amiga (warm reboot, NOT COLD).  Finally, click on each hard disk partition icon and select Initialize from the Workbench menu.  What revision are the BOOT ROMs on your A2091 card?

Revision 4.0 = 512 Megs or lower Hard Drives
Revision 6.6 = 1 Gig or lower Hard Drives
Revision 7.0 = up to 4 Gigs, but NOT higher!

I hope that I have helped you     :-D

[DoomMaster]

To maxplunder:

You are welcome.     :-P

[DoomMaster]

To Piru:

Yes, they are low-level formatted at the factory, but they are formatted for a PC, they are NOT low-level formatted for an Amiga computer.  Do your homework, buddy.     :-P

[DoomMaster]

To Piru:

It is YOU who is not ready "to listen and learn" !

[DoomMaster]

To N7VQM:

You do NOT know what you are talking about.  I actually work in this industry and have been working with computers since 1977.  I DO know what I am talking about.  You would be wise to listen to what I have to say.  Many of you so-called tech people do not know what you are talking about and are actually just confusing the poor folks that really do need help.  I am here to offer that help!     :-D

[DoomMaster]

To Piru:

When ever I add a new hard drive (one that has never been formatted on an Amiga) to my system, I always do a low-level format, as stated in the actual Amiga 2000 manual on page 5-22.  I have never had any problems and all of my hard drives work just fine.  If you do not want to listen to me, well at least listen to Commodore.     :-D

[DoomMaster]

To iamaboringperson:

Amiga computers are suppose to use SCSI hard drives, NOT IDE hard drives.  Only people that really do not know what they are doing would even think about installing an inferior hard drive, like an IDE hard drive on an Amiga computer.  The smarter folks only use SCSI hard drives on an Amiga computer.  And ALL SCSI hard drives for an AMIGA computer MUST be low-level formatted.  The main reason for this is because the low-level format on most hard drives are done for a PC, which uses a constant speed (the platters spin at the same speed and never change).  The Amiga on the other hand uses variable speed drives (just like the famous Commodore 64 did).  So the platters in an Amiga hard disk does not always spin at the same speed.  Also, the PC uses Sectors and the Amiga uses Blocks.  All of this new type of information has to be added to the hard drives boot blocks 0 and 1.  That is where the Low-Level Format comes to play.  Have you ever noticed that you can NOT ever use blocks 0 and 1 on an Amiga hard drive?  If you find that you can, then you have not properly formatted your hard drive and you WILL have problems with it down the road.  By the way, if you do ever screw up the hard drive by doing a low-level format, it means that you did not do the first step correctly (defining the drives parameters).  You can always go back and re-enter the correct information and then do another low-level format.  It does NOT hurt the drive, because all you are doing is writing information about the drive to the boot blocks 0 and 1.  Do your home work people, I have!     :-P

[DoomMaster]

To iamaboringperson:

Thanks dude !     :-D

[DoomMaster]

To Piru:

WHATEVER, DUDE !!!!    Are you attacking ME personally?!   I think that YOU are the trouble maker, not me.  You have done nothing but harass me.  Just go back and LOOK at all of your NEGATIVE posts!     :-x