[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] BridgeBoard Help needed

gregw@sugar.hackercorp.com (Greg White) (05/25/91)

[A[BI have been trying to hook up either an internal or an external 3.5"
720K drive to an XT BridgeBoard with no luck and I need help.
 
I have tried a new BridgeBoard, a new Amiga, a new cable, and a new
drive. No luck. The system is configured with a 10 meg pseudodisk on
the Amiga side.
 
When I try to read the drive the lite comes on, but I get a SEEK ERROR
and if I try to format it, I get a WRITE PROTECTION VIOLATION.
 
I have put the DRIVPARM entry in the config.sys file. However if I use
the complete one with all the track and sector stuff as listed in the
BB manual it tells me BAD OR MISSING COMMAND IN CONFIG.SYS FILE during
bootup. If I just use the first two entries and allow the rest to default,
all seems well, but it doesn't work.
 
The only thing I have not yet tried is using a non-twisted drive cable,
but
since it seems to be selecting the drive OK, that hasn't been high on my
list.
 
Can any one see what I'm doing wrong and help me out. BTW Strange as it
seems I did this a couple of years ago and don't remember having any
problem
with it.
 
Greg White
 

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