Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!jesup
From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Problem with A2091 and/or SyQuest drive
Message-ID: <15419@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 26 Oct 90 17:18:47 GMT
References: <108090002@hpcljms.HP.COM> <15417@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <15417@cbmvax.commodore.com> ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) writes:
>>...Is it possible to change this
>>field without destroy all the data on the disk??!#!?
>
>It should be, although the hdtoolbox might tell you that all data on
>the partition will be lost.  Be sure to have a backup of all files
>on the partition, just in case.  You should always back up your files
>when changing low-level data in the rigid-disk-block of a drive.

	The important trick to doing this is to write down the cylinder
numbers (etc) for each partition, then read config, set reselection to no,
and use that drive type.  Then go into the partitioning screen and set up
everything exactly as before.  If you do this, you will never lose any data.
Of course, having backups is never a bad idea.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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