Thanks for everyone's help with regards to information about
getting the proper A2090a controller I needed.
I'm now working toward accessing the MFM drive.
I'm using a bare A2000, that boots up to the workbench 1.3
disk screen when I turn it on. I've placed the A2090a
card in it, and connected the MFM drive to the controller.
Looking closer at the harddrive, I see that it's Miniscribe
8425 hard disk (20 MB?), which I've read originally came
bundled with the A2090A, in a kit called the A2092.
I'm under the understanding that this harddrive has already
been preped, and formatted, and has typical data files
already installed on it.
Amiga4k was generous enough to send an A2090a install disk
with the controller, but I'm not sure if this is what I'm
needing, seeing as the harddrive is already formatted and
prepared? Anyhow, when I put this into my floppy drive,
the workbench disk screen flickers a few times, but nothing
seems to happen.
So I'm thinking I need to do something else. From what I've
read, I'll need to make a boot disk with Workbench on it
along with MountList.HD. Then I'll need to edit the
MountList to match the partitions on my Miniscribe harddrive
(hopefully typical A2000 partitions). Then I'll have to
mount these partitions.
Does anyone know if the A2090A-Miniscribe8425.dms i.e.
A2092 install disk will help with this task?
Or am I completely on the wrong track, and simply using
the A2090a install disk will suffice? I'd appreciate
any insight you can provide. Thank you!
