Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cbmvax!steveb From: steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A2091 + 2 SCSI drives Message-ID: <13671@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 7 Aug 90 08:18:56 GMT References: <90216.004446JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> Reply-To: steveb@cbmvax (Steve Beats) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 21 In article hclausen@adspdk.CBMNET (Henrik Clausen) writes: >>In article <90216.004446JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes: >>I finally got a cable made to connect both the Quantum drives (a 40S and >>a 105S) to my 2091. When I connect it and power up, though, my 2000 >>only recognizes the 105S. > >> Both hard drives work fine when connected independently. > >> Is there anything I missed? > > Probably to (re?)move a jumper on one of the drives to give it another >SCSI address. Do they show up as the same unit when connected independently? >If so, this is the matter. > and if your drives ARE jumpered for different SCSI addresses then go into HDToolBox and simply "save changes to drive" for both drives. The first disk in the chain has a flag on the RigidDiskBlock to tell it that there are no more drives past its address, so the driver doesn`t look. Saving changes erases the flag from the first drive and moves it to the second. Steve