Issues Booting Atari Mega STE Internal Hard Drive…

[Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers]

Hi David,

I Have Both But I Prefer The ICD Software Over HD Driver! I Guess I'll
Need A 1 GB Drive!Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx!=Ben=

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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 11:32:40 +0000

On 01/01/2019 22:58, Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers

I Have A TT030 And I Have Problems Booting The Internal Hard Drive, Just
Like The Mega STE! Can I Do This With ICD Host Software?With A Fast SCSI
2 Seagate Hard Drive? Do I Need An Older SCSI 1 Hard Drive?Please Reply,
Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=

Hi Ben,

The TT030 is very particular about its SCSI drives. I believe that you need a
50 pin drive that is less than 1BG drive. You can use the licenced version of
the ICD host software or the Atari AHDI 606 which appears to be here:-

http://umich.edu/~archive/atari/Diskutils/

If you have some money then HD Driver really is the best package...

https://www.hddriver.net/en/

Dave

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http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php
It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
should speed the boot process.
Dave
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Hello!
I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this
action?
Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.
?Artisan21

[David Wade]

On 12/01/2019 15:00, Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers

Post by Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers
Hi David,
I Have Both But I Prefer The ICD Software Over HD Driver! I Guess I'll
Need A 1 GB Drive!Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx!=Ben=

Sounds about right, although less is fine for many things. Don't you
have one in stock? They are getting hard to find second hand?

The other trick that should work is a SCSI2SD board.

https://store.inertialcomputing.com/category-s/100.htm

The V5 is reported to be compatible with the TT but only with HDDRIVER
software.

You will need a PC to configure it. You can set up multiple emulated 1g
disks on the one card.

Dave

Post by Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers
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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 11:32:40 +0000
On 01/01/2019 22:58, Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers

I Have A TT030 And I Have Problems Booting The Internal Hard Drive, Just
Like The Mega STE! Can I Do This With ICD Host Software?With A Fast SCSI
2 Seagate Hard Drive? Do I Need An Older SCSI 1 Hard Drive?Please Reply,
Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=

Hi Ben,
 The TT030 is very particular about its SCSI drives. I believe that you
need a 50 pin drive that is less than 1BG drive. You can use the
licenced version of the ICD host software or the Atari AHDI 606 which
appears to be here:-
http://umich.edu/~archive/atari/Diskutils/
If you have some money then HD Driver really is the best package...
https://www.hddriver.net/en/
Dave

---------- Forwarded message ----------
http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php
It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
should speed the boot process.
Dave
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Hello!
I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform
this action?
Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.
?Artisan21