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From: yurkon@CYCVAX.NSCL.MSU.EDU
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Subject: Re: AmigaDOS 2.0 and external hard drives
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Date: 2 Jun 91 19:30:42 GMT
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In article <2655.2847ab57@incstar.com>, lhotka@incstar.com writes...

>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?
> 
It thinks it is a bootable partition.  I believe that if you change the
configuration so that its not bootable it should work.

	John