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From: artw@pnet01.cts.com (Art Weiss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Virtual Drives for the Bridgeboard
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Date: 21 Feb 88 19:36:38 GMT
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   I think a lot of the problems stem from the inadeqate documentation that
comes with the Bridgeboard. Some of what is written in that manual is not
exactly clear. They did do a god job on the part that deals with installing a
hard disk. The section on Virtual Disks is very unclear and can easily lead to
misunderstandings. I think that they should have devoted at least 10 pages
just to that. And they didn't mention the fact that the PC can't boot off the
hard disk. As a matter of fact on page 60 it says:
 
  "Format the PC partition of the hard disk using the MS-DOS format command.
If you want to boot from the hard disk, you must specify the /s option...."
 
Well it turns out that even if you do it that way it still doesn't boot. Now I
don't expect the Amiga side to boot off its partition, but the PC side ought
to. I have talked to some other folks who have BridgeBoards and none of them
seem to be able to get MS_DOS to boot off the hard disk. 
   So don't feel too bad if you're having some problems. You're not alone. I
think that it's mainly the documentation that's causing the problems, and not
the hardware.
 
                                                ...Art