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MicroDrive Turbo 39 ReActiveMicro
HD Installation
These instructions must be followed exactly as shown:
1. Before trying to launch the installer program, first do a dummy Boot-from-
Hard Disk . We all know that this seems to be not very useful and the boot
process will fail, but this step is required nevertheless. The hard disk must be
connected and powered up.
2. Launch the installer program from disk. Use the latest installer you can find
on the
MicroDrive Turbo
installation disk (a suitable version is included with
this folder). The installer will start to scan your drive for hard drive
parameters and display the information it has found.
Now, be aware that this information is not correct, i.e. we cannot use this set
of parameters! Also, keep in mind that the Installer only scans the hard drive's
parameters if it cannot find a setup saved to the reserved system area.
3. Use the menu item
Manual Hard Disk parameters
to setup your hard disk
parameters. You cannot use the results from the automatic setup (this is only
true for the Western Digital Hard Drives). This means you must know the
native hard disk parameters of your hard disk. Usually these parameters (the
native parameters) are printed on the hard drive's label.
You cannot use parameters different from the native hard disk parameters
because the Western Digital drives always automatically return to the native
parameters setup after a system reset, while the Apple II
GS
still can be active
after such a reset, and the
MicroDrive Turbo
firmware/software has no means
to detect such a situation. This would result in a malfunction when trying to
read or write data.
4. To be sure the manual setup process was correct; you can run a Verify hard
disk . Once after you have started the verify process, the hard disk knows
which parameters it should use and you can re-verify your setup by running
the
Re-scan hard disk menu item.
5. Setup your hard drive partitions as you like using the partition editor.
6. Save your hard disk configuration ( Write configuration to hard disk ).
Continue the installation process as it is described in the manual.