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From: gpotts@oregon.uoregon.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A3000 and Syquest -- booting
Message-ID: <21010.282c6b6a@oregon.uoregon.edu>
Date: 12 May 91 05:08:42 GMT
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I have a new A3000 with a Syquest removable HD attached to the external
SCSI port. With the Syquest connected but powered down, the Amiga can't
find its internal HD to load Kickstart from -- I get the 2.0/1.3
requester screen with the HD buttons ghosted. With the Syquest connected
and powered up but no cartridge installed, I don't even get that screen;
the HD access lights on both the 3000 and the Syquest just pulse on and
off. Only if I have the Syquest powered up and a cartridge mounted (it
doesn't need to be an AmigaDOS formatted cartridge), will the Amiga boot
properly. Why is this and is there any way to fix it (other than unplugging
the Syquest)?