Resurrecting A2000

[frl9lk]

I am working on getting an A2000 running. It boots to 1.3 from the HD. Is there a trick to getting a floppy to function? I am NOT a hardware person so I may be missing something obvious. I have a couple drives -- Amiga compatible (Chinon FB-354)-- they power up, but do not recognize an inserted disk, and the system doesn't seem to be "looking" at df0: on startup. Also, a Commodore external drive that was working on my A1000 last I knew doesn't even seem to be drawing power? Anyway, the Workbench screen does show an icon for df0: -- whatever that may indicate. Ideas? Workarounds? Thanks.

On both, the two bottom pins on the right side are jumped. (Six pin array, two rows of three.)

(Also, I have a couple of 4000 MBs -- one had worked for me for years -- is there a domestic repair service? or do I ship to Paris? Pretty sure it's just the batteries -- but beyond my skills with an iron. Thanks again.)

[frl9lk]

I'm in Connecticut, in the US. Disks have all been Amiga formatted, including OS Install disks. They don't mount, even on a reboot. Thanks.

Another detail. HD boots to 1.3, but the rom is 2.0. (I want to get the floppy going, for starters, to install 3 -- I have no idea if this makes a difference...)