Amiga 1010 External Drive Question

[cmvsm]

I was wondering if the A1000 has to be completely booted via Kickstart and Workbench for the External 1010 drive to be operational and recognized. I have a 1010 that I've hooked up to my A1000, but it does nothing..no lights, no noise, no vibrations. That said, my A1000 turns on and asks for the Kickstart disk, but I haven't been able to boot up as of yet, so was curious if these two are related.

The only reason I ask is because I've seen others have to hook up their 1010 internally to use as a substitution for a dead internal drive.

Thanks.

[cmvsm]

Thanks a million for that. I was thinking along those lines, but wasn't sure. What I might do is pull the internals from the external drive, install as my main internal drive, and see what happens. I've seen others say that the internals of the 1010 should work and install as a main internal drive on the A1000?