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From: bigbod@soafy.bhpese.oz.au (Rodney Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: HELP!! Amiga 3000 and WB1.3 floppy problem!!
Summary: I cant boot floppies under WB1.3 on my 3000
Keywords: Amiga 3000 floppy problem
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.224147.25601@cerberus.bhpese.oz.au>
Date: 3 Apr 91 22:41:47 GMT
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A few days ago I posted this problem, but I dont think I explained it well
enough and some of the people who replied (thanks!!!) misinterpreted the
problem. The problem is:

If I boot the Amiga 3000 (off the hard disk) using WB 1.3 (by holding down
both mouse buttons and selecting "kickstart 1.3 from hard disk" then the
3000 boots WB 1.3 normally and everything look OK until I try to boot a 
floppy (ie. place a bootable floppy in drive df0: and do CTRL+AMIGA+AMIGA).
When I try this I get a "NOT A DOS DISK IN UNIT 0" error all the time. I
get this for commercial disks, as well as disks that I have formated (and
installed) on this machine under WB 1.3. 

I thought about a corrupt kickstart file on my hard disk so I booted the 3000
using the Superkickstart disk supplied with the 3000 (by selecting "kickstart
1.3 from floppy disk" after powering up 3000 whilst holding down both mouse     buttons). After kickstart is loaded, the familiar WB hand comes up, but when
I insert a WB disk (a BOOTABLE workbench disk), I get the above error (even
with the Workbench 1.3 disk supplied with the Amiga!!)

I have had the OBESE AGNUS checked, the FAST ram, and the 2nd meg of CHIP 
ram checked by a service centre. They are also at a loss to explain the
problem. Does anyone have any ideas what might cause this problem?? Note 
that none of this happens if I boot WB 2.0 instead!!

Thanks in advance for any help....           Rodney Coleman
					     BHP Information Technology
					     Newcastle Australia
					     (049) 402139