Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: 2 Quatum HD on 2091A Message-ID: <1856@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 5 Aug 90 21:46:49 GMT Lines: 36 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In <8129@fy.sei.cmu.edu>, jol@sei.cmu.edu (Jun Lee) writes: >Hi. > >I too have been having some trouble connecting 2 Quantum Hard disks on my >Ami2000HD using 2091A controller. I have a Pro 40s and 80s drives. >I wanted to copy the 40meg drive onto the 80 using > copy dh0: dh1: CLONE. > >But it doesn't work. It copies for awhile then gets "stuck". >I called CBM and they told me that I should make sure the reselection >option in define drive part of HDtoolbox should be turned off for both >drives. This should fix the problem. >I would like to know if this is a correct solution or just another >bunch of crap that they gave me to get me off the phone. Define 'correct solution'. It works. You tell me if it's correct or not. It is definitely not a 'bunch of crap to get you off the phone'. >I would like to try it but it's going to take alot of work and time since >I have to back up the drives since this will wipe out all the data. It will not 'wipe out all your data'. Sure, HDToolBox will wipe the data if you tell it to, via low level format, or if you change the sizes or starting positions of your partitions, but changing the reselection option on a drive will not wipe any data. Try it on your new disk before you commit a lot of irreplacable data to it. -larry -- Sex is better than logic, but I can't prove it. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+