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From: lhotka@incstar.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: AmigaDOS 2.0 and external hard drives
Message-ID: <2655.2847ab57@incstar.com>
Date: 1 Jun 91 14:12:39 GMT
Organization: INCSTAR Corp, Stillwater MN
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I have an ST251N which was connected to my A500.  I got an A3000 and
plugged in the drive.  My second partition shows up just fine (after
running the 2.0 HD configure program), but I can't get the first partition
to show up.

I know why - in the HD config program it won't let me specify the first
partition to start at a cylinder lower than 2, but on the 500 in my
mountlist I had it starting at cylinder 0.

Why won't the HD config program let me use cylinders 0-1??  Is there a way
to make this work for me?

I realize that I can just reformat the first partition to the new size, but
my intent is to mount it as is and copy it's contents to the 3000's
internal drive...  More importantly, I am wondering why the system appears
to be forcing two cylinders to be basically wasted on the drive.

Thanks!

 Rockford Lhotka                                INCSTAR Corp
 Applications Project Leader                    1990 Industrial Blvd
 lhotka@incstar.com                             PO Box 285
 612/779-1701                                   Stillwater, MN 55082
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