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From: cb1p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chris Beasley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: More hard disk problems
Message-ID: <oXfn3rh48k-0Q2GmZ8@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 21 Dec 88 05:04:55 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon
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Ssytem: A500, P.P. Subsystem 500, 2090A, ST157N.

Problems: I tried install a number of times.  It always halts somewhere
with no error message.  It just locks up.  First it stopped saying 'loading
driver'  NeXT time it got as far as asking if I had a SCSI drive.  Once
it got all the way to giving me a list of drives and asking some questions.
After verifying all the questions and answering yes to the confirmation
question I left for over ten minutes but when I came back it was just sitting
there with the drive light on.
Once or twice when I rebooted it accessed the hard drive, decided it was no
good to boot off of, and asked for wb.  (by the way, I do have 1.3 roms).
Most of the time now it tries to boot off of the hard drive and doesn't give
up.  I have to power it down and boot up while the drive is self testing.
Do I have to do a binddrivers to get prep to work?
What entries do I need in my mountlist?
Also, there is a jumper on the drive to turn on parity checking.  Should I
have parity checking or not?

Thanks & Happy holidays.
Chris