Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!pacbell.com!pacbell!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!igloo!miroc!caw From: caw@miroc.Chi.IL.US (Christopher A. Wichura) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 3000 autobooting a 1096N Message-ID: Date: 14 Aug 90 22:43:04 GMT References: <754.26C4F281@weyr.FIDONET.ORG> <13766@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1990Aug13.225301.23877@uncecs.edu> Lines: 30 In article <1990Aug13.225301.23877@uncecs.edu> urjlew@uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) writes: >Mr. Beats >Can Seagate 1096N drives be used successfully for booting, by computers >from other companies? If so how do they handle the problem that the >C= DOS 2.0 software on the Amiga is unable to cope with? If you re-read Mr. Beats message, you will see that there is, in fact, support for slow booting drives. It is just that it isn't the __DEFAULT__ setting is all. After all, the Quantum shipped with the machine is more than plenty quick enough to bootup ok. Its just a matter of getting an editor (or more likely) a hack that bangs the control flag to tell the 3000 to twiddle its thumbs to a brain dead drive can boot. Moral of the story: Don't pull out the 'ol flame thrower and turn the gas (propane?) up to max unless you are really sure you are about to create some seriously black toast for a very good reason. :-)'s included for the humor impaired... -=> CAW /////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Christopher A. Wichura caw@miroc.chi.il.us (my amiga) u12401@uicvm.uic.edu (my school account) Please! Do not send mail to my school account unless mail to miroc bounces. I often do not check uicvm.uic.edu for periods in excess of a week. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////