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From: twells@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Tabor Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Disk drives
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Date: 1 Feb 91 18:08:32 GMT
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elson@otc.otca.oz (Elson Markwick) writes:

>Hi.  I currently have a rather tired old A500, with an almost new (Commodore)
>second drive.  The internal drive appears to be getting a little bit fussy
>about which protected disks it will boot, and I was just wondering if it is
>possible (via some small hardware hack) to make the machine boot from df1:
>instead of df0:.  I've heard that the Pheonix motherboard for the A1000 has
>this capability via a switch.  Any suggestions anyone?

>Thanks, Elson
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Instead of hardware hacking, you should take your machine to your local
dealer/service center and have your internal drive realigned. It shouldn't
cost more than 1/2 hour of service...
	Tabor Wells
	twells@eecs.cs.pdx.edu

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