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In article <9601201555.AA000m9@rekab.demon.co.uk>, Martin Leslie Baker
<mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have a 120 MB 2.5" HD in my A1200.  It's jam packed now and I want to 
> replace it with an 800+ MB 3.5" Segate AV HD.
> 
> Now I could back up my current HD to floppies and load them onto the new
> HD.  I don't fancy this.
> 
> You are supposed to be able to use 2 IDE drives on an A1200.  How do I do
> it.  Note that I only want to do this temporarily.
> 

First, check the existing drive for jumpers.  Most, but not all, IDE
drives need to be told that it is a host drive and there is a slave
attached.  Some don't need this information, so no jumpers usually means
that this is the case.

With your new drive, it is _vital_ to put it into slave mode.  This is the
only way you can have the two drives on the same cable.  I think I know
the Segate 830Mb drive you have, and the jumper settings are on the front
of it.  Select the AT host, not the ATA host.  You won't break anything if
you mess up, though.

Also, make sure that the A1200 PSU has enough beef to run the 830Mb
drive.  We have kill a few PSU's before we realised what shit the standard
PSU was.

Regards,

Neil O'Rourke
neilo@m140.aone.net.au

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