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Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 Hard Drives
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Date: 9 Mar 91 15:00:10 GMT
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In article <1991Mar7.191825.26824@javelin.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>[Second drive, which just happens to be a Seacrate, is not recognized by
>the A3000 at boot time.]
>
>The problem is most likely Seagate's LONG spinup time. You can work
>around that by getting hold of the program "BattMem" which will let you
>change the A3000 controller's timeout from the standard setting to the
>long "seagate" setting. 

I don't think that this is the problem.  I have the same problem and I
happen to have a seagate also, but I have received mail from people
with other types of harddrives, including someone who had two
Quantums!
 
I've been trying to call commdore about this, but I keep getting put
on hold for over 30 minutes.  "Our call is important to you..."
grumble grumble....

So do any of you commdore techy types have a good answer to this
problem?