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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Accessing partitions under 2.0
Keywords: AmigaDOS 2.0 hard drive partitions
Message-ID: <1990Sep28.030714.8280@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 28 Sep 90 03:07:14 GMT
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
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	I have been trying to hook up a Bernoulli box 10 meg*2 hard drive
system to my 3000 for a few weeks, and I have not been able to get AmigaDOS
to recognize it.

	When I run HDToolBox it scans up the device numbers, and sees the
device, but under AmigaDOS nothing I do will make any partitions on the
disk show up.

	I am able to get it to low-level the cartridges, and I can even
partition them (I know this works, as I can make different partitions on
different carts, and when I change the carts and rerun HDToolBox, the
correct partition shows up). But I can't seem to get AmigaDOS to see
the partitions. I have tried MOUNTing them, FORMATing them, but it always
responds "device unknown" or something similar.

	The 1.3 partition on the main HD would seem to be the same way.
When I boot 2.0, I can't access anything on that partition, and if I
boot 1.3, I can't get at the 2.0 partition. Is there something that has
to be set to determine what OS a partition appears under?

	Also, is anyone working on a utility to set the CMOS bit that
tells the built-in HD controller to look for logical devices other than 0?
It would be nice to access the 2nd drive in the Bernoulli box, even if it
took a little longer on system startup.


		Dave