2.1GB Scsi Hard Drive install on A3000D - Revisted

[cbcvenice]

2nd Hard Drive install on ks2.04 WB 2.05 A3000D  that has one original 40meg Quantum already installed (No CDRom).

First attempt with a used "Silicon Graphics 2.1 Quantum HD" failed since Drive turned out to be Dead.

Now looking at second attempt with a used (but believed to be good) HP 0950-2606 2.1GB SCSI HARD DRIVE. It is a Model VP32210 Quantum.

I believe it is already formated for either windows/dos or maybe unix.

The question is, am I best leaving the 40meg quantum(jumper id6) in and formatting the VP32210 Quantum as secondary drive (and change its id jumper to 3) or am I better off removing 40meg and installing/formatting the 2.1GB as primary & putting fresh install of WB2.05 etc. on it?

Any other advice regarding this would be appreciated. Yes, I may eventually get Amiga3.5 system and put on, but for now 2.05 is all I have to work with.  I do have the orginal 2.05 wb and some backup software to work with.

Oh, I do have a WinXP machine with a scsi card, but have not tried the new/used 2.1gb drive on it.

Lastly, I may be going about some my goals in this the long way, but the nostalgia is great, right?  I thought about getting a catweasel for pc to read all my old disks (I still might do that) and put the stuff that I want on my winxp using Winuae, but again, nothing like the experience with the old trusty Amy silicon

Thanks again,
Larry :-D

[Mark]

There are bugs in the WD33C93A 00-04 SCSI controller chip that can, under some circumstances, cause data corruption when more than one drive is used.  If you have the 08 version chip that shouldn't be a problem.

[Argus]

My advice when installing a new scsi drive in any Amiga is to leave your original drive in just in case.  Setup goes something like this (more or less): Set the new drive to a different scsi ID and make sure the chain is terminated properly depending upon where the new drive is (an active terminator is a good idea with more than one drive in any case).  Next, boot with your old drive and open HDToolbox to see if it recognizes the new drive.  Now, setup a boot partition and other partitions on the new drive, setting the boot priority of the bootable partition to a number greater than your old drive but less than the floppy df0: (which is probably at 5).  Save the changes and reboot holding down both mouse buttons.  In the startup menu you should be able select your old drive to boot from again.  Once it boots, you then format the new drive's partitions and install workbench on your new drive's bootable partition.  Reboot and voila, your working off your new drive.  The old drive will also be there and once you're confident of the compatibility of the new drive you can take it out, making sure of course that if it was the last device in the scsi chain you now terminate the new last device.