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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2090 on an A3000 (...again)
Message-ID: <17455@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Jan 91 02:04:54 GMT
References: <19554@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <19554@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1619a@prism.gatech.EDU (Net Runner Mark V) writes:
>Problem: Still cannot attach second hard-drive to A3000 via A2090 card.

First, you need to put the hddisk.device icon from the Expansion drawer of
your 2090 Installation disk into the Expansion drawer of your
SYS: partition of your hard disk.


>       7. Mounted RES1: as per A2500 manual (see mountlist below)

This step is required only if you are reformatting your 2090 hard drive.
Is this your intention ?

if so  now you have to use PREP from your 2090 disk.
(not prod_prep!!!!)

Remember to run NOFASTMEM, then binddrivers.  This prevents
any of the 2090s buffers from getting into the 32 bit memory,
which it can't handle.

>       8. Tried mounting DH1: as per A2500 manual but there was system
>          error (said couldn't find handler, but I didn't use FFS or
>          handler in mountlist)

You need to run PREP first; then reboot the system before continuing,
as it says in the manual.

After running PREP and rebooting, you can format the first partition,
(or ignore it as you should leave it as a single cylinder)
and construct the mountlist for the remaining partition.

>
>My mountlist entries for the device in question:

Try this for your partition entry:

DISK1:                             
    Device = hddisk.device       
    Mask = 0x00fffffc            
    Unit   = 2                   
    Flags  = 0                   
    Surfaces  = 6                
    BlocksPerTrack = 17          
    Reserved = 2                 
    LowCyl = 3  ;  HighCyl = 1000
    Buffers = 30                 
    DosType = 0x444F5301
    Mount = 1                    
    BufMemType = 2               
#

>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>James McIninch


			andy
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