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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A second ST-506
Message-ID: <5146@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 88 18:39:53 GMT
References: <8810281431.AA02050@decwrl.dec.com>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8810281431.AA02050@decwrl.dec.com> macdonald@mtwain.dec.com (Paul MacDonald - CUP/ML - 223-3439) writes:
>I've been having difficulty getting a second 42Mbyte hard drive to
>PREP. I presently have a 5.25" 42 Mbyte NEC drive (ST-506) hanging
>off the A2090 controller card. It is partitioned as DH0: and DH1:.
>DH1: is formatted as an FFS device. This drive has been performing 
>flawlessly.
>
>The second drive that I have attempted to install is a 3.5" 42 Mbyte
>NEC (ST-506). After cabling it up, I boot the Amiga 2000. A message
>comes up saying that "DH0: is not a dos disk." After disconnecting
>the ribbon connector from the A2090 leading to the 3.5" drive and
>rebooting, everything is back to normal.

You are probably experiencing name collision; the second ST506
drive is going to want to be called DH1:  Unfortunately, you've
used this for the second partition of your first drive.
So, rename your DH1: partition in the mountlist to something else.  
(Not DH2:, please, that's for the first SCSI unit...how about FH0: or FH1:  ?)

Also, make sure you've set the unit number in the
mountlist correctly...the second ST506 drive is unit 2
in the mountlist.

Forget all the other things you were trying; they were just confusing
the issue.

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