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From: jmeissen@ogicse.ogi.edu (John Meissen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: GVP series II - does it need 1.3 ROM?
Message-ID: <12359@ogicse.ogi.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 90 18:16:19 GMT
References: <1117@emdeng.Dayton.NCR.COM>
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Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
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In article <1117@emdeng.Dayton.NCR.COM> dlundy@emdeng.UUCP (Dave.Lundy) writes:
>I just received the GVP series II hard disk controller & Quantum 100MB
>disk that I had ordered at a recent computer show.  When I asked the
>salesman about transferring the contents of my 40MB Seagate drive on
>my 2090 (not A) controller in my 2000, he said no problem, just plug
>in the GVP board & copy the files.
>
    [scenario deleted]
>
>Can someone verify this?  Also, once prepped, can it be used with 1.2 ROM?
>I don't want to buy the 1.3 ROM if 2.0 will be available in a month or
>two.
>
The new GVP controller works fine with V1.2 ROMS. All that needs to be
done is to remove the autoboot jumper on the board. However, don't
expect to read your 2090-formatted drive with the GVP controller. You
will have to backup your drive, prep and format with GVP's FaaastPrep
utility, and then restore the data. I followed this procedure and have
it running quite well with V1.2.
Unfortunately, if you didn't know this and you sent your 2090 to them
as part of the trade-up offer without first doing a backup, then you
will have to find someone willing to loan you theirs.

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