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Hard drives in amiga 2000
« on: August 11, 2012, 06:19:24 AM »
Hi yesterday i tried putting 2 hard drives in my amiga 2000, but i could not get the new one i put in to boot, it was the one there was in first that boots every time. its is 2 hard drives with controller i tried to get to work, do any of you know how to switch between them?
Amiga 4000 030 18 MB ram. 16 Gb HD.
Amiga 1200 030 34 MB ram. 8 Gb HD.
Amiga 1200 Tower Apollo 1240
Amiga 2000 030. 9 MB ram. 1 Gb HD.
Amiga 2000 68000 5 MB ram. 500 MB HD.
Amiga 2000 68000 9 MB ram. 1 Gb HD.
Amiga 600 4 MB ram. 4 GB HD.
Amiga 600 1 MB ram. 60 MB HD.
Amiga 500 1 MB ram.
Amiga 500 Plus
Amiga CD32
Amiga CD32
Commodore 64
Commodore 64C
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D
 

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Re: Hard drives in amiga 2000
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2012, 06:34:14 AM »
When you partitioned the second drive, did you set the boot priority of your new boot partition to higher than the old one? Check the bootable flag is set on the new boot partition too.
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Re: Hard drives in amiga 2000
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2012, 02:49:22 PM »
Quote from: spirantho;702949
When you partitioned the second drive, did you set the boot priority of your new boot partition to higher than the old one? Check the bootable flag is set on the new boot partition too.


Hi thanks for your answer :-) do you know where to set boot priority is hd tool or under programs? i am fairly new to this
Amiga 4000 030 18 MB ram. 16 Gb HD.
Amiga 1200 030 34 MB ram. 8 Gb HD.
Amiga 1200 Tower Apollo 1240
Amiga 2000 030. 9 MB ram. 1 Gb HD.
Amiga 2000 68000 5 MB ram. 500 MB HD.
Amiga 2000 68000 9 MB ram. 1 Gb HD.
Amiga 600 4 MB ram. 4 GB HD.
Amiga 600 1 MB ram. 60 MB HD.
Amiga 500 1 MB ram.
Amiga 500 Plus
Amiga CD32
Amiga CD32
Commodore 64
Commodore 64C
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D
 

Offline Thomas

Re: Hard drives in amiga 2000
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2012, 03:49:39 PM »
Why do you ask the same question twice and why do you ignore the replies to your other post?

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62338

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Re: Hard drives in amiga 2000
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2012, 04:31:59 PM »
Quote from: Thomas;702982
Why do you ask the same question twice and why do you ignore the replies to your other post?

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62338


Hi sorry about that, it is not always i have seen they have answered to my question. but i have seen now, they have answered in the other thread
Amiga 4000 030 18 MB ram. 16 Gb HD.
Amiga 1200 030 34 MB ram. 8 Gb HD.
Amiga 1200 Tower Apollo 1240
Amiga 2000 030. 9 MB ram. 1 Gb HD.
Amiga 2000 68000 5 MB ram. 500 MB HD.
Amiga 2000 68000 9 MB ram. 1 Gb HD.
Amiga 600 4 MB ram. 4 GB HD.
Amiga 600 1 MB ram. 60 MB HD.
Amiga 500 1 MB ram.
Amiga 500 Plus
Amiga CD32
Amiga CD32
Commodore 64
Commodore 64C
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D