A2000 CD-ROM with A2091

[Astra Dan]

Hi guys.

I have an A2000 with a A2091 (with 2Mb fast RAM) running a 50M SCSI hard drive that boots to WB 2 quite nicely. I have had a 2x speed SCSI CD-ROM drive plugged in for years that's never been recognised by the system. I have just got hold of the A2091 Install disk, but not looked at it yet. I can transfer files and disk images from a PC to the A2000 using Amiga Explorer with no problems.

Basically, could someone explain as near step by step as possible how I would get the system to see the CD-ROM drive? Is it possible to get it to boot from it or does it always need drivers from inside WB first?

Many thanks for any replies.

[Astra Dan]

Thanks for that, I'll do that.
Forgot to say it's powered up, the access lights come on and it appears to spin the CD up when the Amiga is booting, but it's not visable in WB.

[Astra Dan]

Thanks Matt. Hey look, your reply to me was your 4096th post. Kinda cool.

[Astra Dan]

Thanks for that, gives me a couple of options.

[Astra Dan]

Oh do I? That's a pain. Thanks for the info.

[Astra Dan]

Hi bit of a thread update. I have a Gotek drive I could hook up to the 2000 to transfer files.
Do I need a later revision ROM 7 in the A2091?

Thanks!

[Astra Dan]

Gotek is a floppy device and doesn't connect to the 2091 or any scsi controller.

Sorry I meant I could use a gotek to get files from the internet onto the 2000.

[Astra Dan]

I'm using a SCSI CD-ROM drive just fine with my 6.6 ROM'd A2091...

Could you tell me how you got it to work please?

[Astra Dan]

LUNs worked on older roms mostly,i think rev7 was bug fixes etc but its always good to have the latest roms. the 6.6 rom and up was pretty good. It does amaze me so many people are still using old buggy roms instead of upgrading, they are so cheap and or you can make your own eproms nearly free if you have the burner.

I have a burner, could you point me in the right direction please? :-)