Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!silver!faheyr From: faheyr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Bob Fahey ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Help:diskdrive wants to be TWO drives!! Message-ID: Date: 19 Nov 90 18:06:01 GMT References: <4568@swi.swi.psy.uva.nl> Sender: news@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Lines: 23 welter@swi.psy.uva.nl (Welter Richard) writes: >My new golem 3.5" drive mounts itself as df1: AND df3: on my A500 >then when I insert a disk it says error validating etc, use diskdoctor etc. >then when I do info df1: is validating, df3: is ok, and when the disk is >removed the machine crashes, so what's wrong ??!?!? Hmmm... I would check the mountlist first. On your boot disk, check unit number under df3:. It should be 3, not 1. I had a similar problem a while back, and that's all it turned out to be. As for a hardware problem, I really have no clue what would cause that... :( Hope you can get it working soon. Bob | ///| a.k.a. NECR0SIS faheyr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu -or- | | \\\///_| faheyr@rose.ucs.indiana.edu | | \XX/ | M I G A "'Ere long done do does did..." - The Smiths | | "...life is seen through the eyes of a dog..." - Skinny Puppy |