a1200 / a600 searching for floppy drive..can I bypass this?

[amigan24]

I recently removed the internal floppy drive from both my a1200 / a600 and noticed it now takes longer to boot from the ide cf.

Is there any way to mod the amiga to keep it from searching?

[amigan24]

Thanks for the quick reply!

This seems like a decent solution but truth be told $10 + shipping (I'd need two units) seems like far more than I'd like to spend if this is in fact just a diode wired to two pins...I'd rather put this money toward an order or two of the indivision units. That and I have plenty of diodes sitting here waiting to be used, as well as needing every bit of space I can get.

Before I get flamed I'd like to point out that if I must pay I will but really, this $10-$15 is already spoken for by amigakit when the items are back in stock.

Having said that, might anyone know the value of diode and what pins if applicable? I noticed this page but really have no idea what this means: http://pinouts.ru/Storage/InternalDisk_pinout.shtml

I'd like to learn! Also, is it possible to power something that would otherwise take a 9v battery using the floppy power connector?

[amigan24]

/doh

Aminet completely slipped my mind.  :-)

I found a txt file with the info I needed buried deep within it. All you need is pin 2 and 10 wired together, which is what I figured after I posted, but needed some reassurance.

Thanks again for the advice and now I'm just patiently waiting to send my cash on over to amigakit for an indivision.