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From: e5pj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: 300M Maxtor won't format on A2090.
Message-ID: <1990Oct14.173105.383@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 14 Oct 90 21:31:04 GMT
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	I have a question about the A2090 HD controller.

	I just got a Maxtor XT-8380S, 300Meg Harddrive and tried to format it
on my Amiga using the A2090 contoller. It just wouldn't do it! It could prep
the drive, but wouldn't format the drive.
	I had no problem with my other 20Meg SCSI drive and followed
instructions to the point, but with no luck.
	I then took the MAXTOR drive to my friends Amiga with a GVP HD
controller and it formatted without any problems!!!
	I was then told that the A2090 doesn't handle large drives. Is that
true? If anybody has had similar problsm with the A2090 and harddrives, and
have found a solution to it, could you please e-mail me? Thanks!

***Vincent***