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From: cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Help needed with disk installations
Message-ID: <2203@antique.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 88 07:22:14 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga

I just returned from the Trenton Computer Fair with a bunchload of
slightly used drives for my A2000, and I need some help.  Please
excuse me if I've managed to ignore already-posted answers to these.

1) Second internal floppy, 3 1/2" NEC model FD 1036 A.  The Amiga 2000
manual was wonderfully clear on installing a second floppy: "Read the
instructions that come with your drive."  No such instructions.  I
plugged in the "middle" plug for both the big and little cables.  I
think I'm not setting the jumpers right.  Best result: system boots up
but never finds df1:.  The NEC has two jumpers, DX and MON. I've tried
all combinations.  DX=1 or 2 are the only ones that let my df0: still
work; MON=anything doesn't have a visible effect.  Do I also need to
change a jumper in my old df0:?  It is a Matsushita, and contains a
bewildering number of jumpers.

2) Hard disk.  I'm going to replace my Miniscribe ST506 (which works
fine but is too small, too slow) with a Quantum Q280: SCSI, 80 megs,
28ms, 1/2 hgt 5 1/4".  I have an A2090 controller.  Several questions:
This drive came with no instructions and NO bad sector map.  The prep
program allows you to manually enter bad sectors (as I did for my
Miniscribe).  Question one: Does prep do its own testing for bad
sectors?  If not, where can I get a program to do this testing?
Question two: There is a 50 pin connector on the Quantum as expected,
and the 4-pin power connector; and also a 16-pin connector.  Can I
ignore the 16-pin connector?  Question three:  There are some jumpers
on the Quantum.  How should I set them to select SCSI device 0?
Question four:  What is the number of surfaces, cylinders, and sectors
per cylinder of this drive?

Thank you very much for any help you can give me.

	Charles Poirier   (decvax,ihnp4,attmail)!vax135!cjp

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