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From: wilso_d@xanth.cs.odu.edu (DeWitte Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Non-working 2nd drive -- Part 2 !!
Keywords: drive, broken, help
Message-ID: <7006@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 3 Jan 89 02:11:42 GMT
References: <2608@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
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In a recent article, muzak@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Stephen F Felicetti) writes:
> Unfortunately, my 2nd drive still won't work properly --
> let me rephrase that --it WORKS properly ALONE (if connected as though
> I had only ONE drive), but it DOES NOT WORK when connected in conjunction
> with the other drive.  In other
> words, both DRIVES are fine, but the computer seems to get confused when both
> are connected simultaneously (yes, I DID connect the jumper indicating a     
> two-drive system). 

Just a guess, but it worked for me:
I had the same problem when I added my 2nd drive.  I finally decided to
set the drive select pin on the new drive to drive #1 instead of drive #0.
If you look closely at the drive, there should be a jumper that might
say D0, D1, or something to that extent (at least on my drive, there was),
and it can be moved.  I've run into this problem before on other types
of computers, so it was just a hunch before I called the technical support
line... It worked.  It all amounts to having two drive 0's, and no
drive 1, so you just 'help out' by hardwiring a drive to force it to be
drive #1.

Try it... things can only get worse. <grin>

...dewitte