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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A590 HD Dip switch info needed please.
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Date: 7 Sep 90 16:12:34 GMT
References: <1990Sep7.024746.10973@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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In article <1990Sep7.024746.10973@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umsmigie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jason Smigiel) writes:

>	I have an a590 Hard Drive that I purchased used, and came with
>absolutely no documentation!   I then stuck the HD on my ancient
>A1000.

>	My problem is I cannot get the A1000 to autoboot off of the A590.

Well, this is so obvious I hesitate to post it, but you didn't mention
it at all, so we have no way of knowing what your configuration is.

Do you have a kickstart eliminator installed on your 1000?  If not then you
will not be able to autoboot.  The Amiga cannot load from the harddrive
without the routines that are stored in kickstart.  You cannot load
kickstart from the harddrive, therefore.  Kickstart is stored in rom on
the 500, 2000, and 3000.  In addition the 2500 and 3000 can (with the
right software) allow you to load an alternate kickstart from the
harddrive, but these machines use the existing in-ROM kickstart to load the
second "replacement" kickstart.
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