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Re: CD install on A2000
« on: December 28, 2009, 05:27:14 AM »
AsimCDFS may make a big mess out of your system (as has on several of mine throughout the years) so before trying that, what OS are you running?

If you have OS3.x (not sure about 2.x anymore), there is a CD icon in Devs/Storage. Move that out of Storage and place into Devs/DOSDrivers. Depending on your SCSI card, you may have to go into tooltypes (edit the CD0: icon) and change it from scsi.device (the default) to gvpscsi.device or whatever your SCSI card is. And  whatever your CD drive's number is set to, must be reflected in tooltypes again under the unit=x switch. Lastly, I've noticed also that it may be necessary to change the icons name to reflect the CD drive unit number. Doesn't always seem to be the case, but if you're having trouble getting it to work, might try that as a last resort. If your drive is set to #3 for instance, rename the CD0: icon to CD3...

BTW: the greatest utility on that AsimCDFS program is the SCSI search program. lol If you don't know what your SCSI card is called, that'll tell you and also relay the unit number of the drive as well...

Good luck!
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Re: CD install on A2000
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2009, 04:18:59 PM »
@BigBronc: yeah, you have Kickstart and Workbench 2. Nice middle ground back in the day, but pretty much useless today - IMO. Since you're wanting to play around with your Miggy, I'd suggest procuring a Kickstart 3.1 ROM (16-bit) and a Workbench 3.1 disk set. It'll make your life that much easier, plus the interface is excellent and compatibility is high. I highly doubt you would need a 3rd party program to get that CD working with OS3.1. Your SCSI controller is indeed gvpscsi.device then. After you get the 3.1 disks, make a backup of each (if you only back one up, make a duplicate of the 'Install' disk), insert Install, highlight HDToolBox and in its Tooltypes, change the device from scsi.device to gvpscsi.device and then save. Now you'll be able to format a HD and add your SCSI CD drive AFTER you've done the same with the CD0 icon.

If you're content with running 2.x on your system and you want to add that CD drive, you *will* need a program such as AsimCDFS installed.
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