Problem booting from drive

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Sounds fascinating this. I would guess that the boot priority was using the 3.5" external, which is most interesting. Connect it back up then boot with two button mouse down and select the internal 2.5" to boot from. Also use the the trusty Workbench disk to boot from and with DOPus compare hard drives. Either a cable problem or as someone else said you have some files missing. Always an issue this cus HDToolbox keeps your drive info, and that just may be on the 3.5" disk.

By the way... get a buffered interface and IDEFix97 and you could strap a CD onto that system. Have fun.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Interested, why if he was booting from just one hard drive that the file system would matter.

Sounds to me like the second hard drive had something on it that the 2.5" doesn`t. Both drives worked before, so the only real issue is what is missing, given that nothing has changed.

scuzz

[scuzzb494]

Hi

See what you mean. Thats why I say I would check the HDToolbox on both drives to see exactly how the drives are set up. Strange that 3.1 was installed on both drives. More likely one is a simple copy as a back up. If that were the case the file system would also have been copied. If not he simply needs to copy this over from the other drive. I tend to think it could be more than this.

Is it possible that the 2.5" is a none booting drive and can only be used as a slave, and that is how the guy set it up to get the 3.5" working. Just a longshot. I have had drives that have simply refused to boot from a cold start.

How do the two drives appear on the two button mouse down start up screen... Do we know ?

scuzz

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Fundamentals of formatting, thanks for that..

Not that up on RDB, though I was appreciative of the way disks generally store such things. However to update the file system you would need to access the file system from the L drawer on the computer... This is how I do it with HDToolbox. Same goes for HDInstTools as understand. The key here is to access the HDToolbox which should show just how the drive is currently set up. Saying all that I only use FastFileSystem on OS3.0.

[ checking A1200 base system ]

One internal 2.5 and two external SCSI plus ZIP and CD:

Amiga 1200... HDToolBox
Partition drive
Advanced Options
Add/Update
Add New File System
Delete File System
Update File System
Enter Filename of File System
[ l:FastFileSystem ]

[ checking A1200 Tower with 3.1 ]

Buffered interface two 3.5" IDE, ZIP and CD.
IIyima 17" monitor ... nice

This machine has IDEFix
Sexy Lara backdrop

Checks HDToolBox... And its just the same.

I was just pointing out that the HDToolbox and the  Workbench are on both drives, which tool did he use to format which drive. I am sure that you are aware that you can edit the tooltype of HDToolBox to scan for different drives. [ highlight icon .. Info ]

[ To boot or not to boot ]

Giggles... Sorry. I assume when we are talking HD set up we use the HDToolbox. For me this is key. I have customised my HDToolbox to read internal drive and external SCSI drives differently. I will repeat what I said... What exactly does the HDToolbox report on these drives.. ?

I've tried SlowBoot... Gave up in the end and changed the drive

http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/SlowBoot

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Fun that...

Where was I... A500, GVPHD+ and a 49MB massive hardrive, fingers crossed.... 1.3 don't you just love it. 2.0ROM on a 500+ mobo and the RAM icon jumped the other side of the screen.. Not sure I like this board in a 500. Button pressed  Whoo hoo working.. NUKE 1.5a no less 955376 graphics and a massive 3988032 other. Happy days.

scuzz