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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: (was RAMSEY) 2nd SCSI controller
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.141609.8962@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: 25 Apr 91 14:16:09 GMT
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kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:

>While we are talking about multiple controllers, I have a 2090a and a
>new 2091.  I would like for my 2090a to not autoboot, as I would like
>for it to be FFS partitioned without that extra, little, useless OFS
>boot partition that I now have.

>I understand that I need to pull my roms & put a copy of hddisk.device
>in my expansion drawer to accomplish this. What is the latest version
>of it, & how may one obtain a disk-based copy of it?

You can also get around it by leaving the autoboot ROMs in place on the
A2090A, and setting the boot priority to a lower number than the drive
on the A2091.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com                               BIX: blaine_g
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