Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!imagen!atari!neil From: neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: A $700 typo? Message-ID: <504@atari.UUcp> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 14:38:20 EST Article-I.D.: atari.504 Posted: Mon Jan 5 14:38:20 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Jan-87 23:23:50 EST References: <737@ssc-bee.UUCP> Organization: Atari Corp/Mktg Lines: 31 In article <737@ssc-bee.UUCP>, chas@ssc-bee.UUCP (Chas Boyd) writes: > > I have made a small error which has made my hard disk useless. > I just bought an Atari SH204 disk drive. It is initialized by a small > driver program in the auto folder on the boot floppy. I also copied > this auto folder to the C: partition of the hard disk so that I could > quickly copy it onto several floppies to be able to bring up the HD > from any of them. > Now, I have no way to access the hard disk to delete the driver > loader from the C: auto folder. Have no fear, there is a simple solution. Turn off your hard disk. Boot up your computer. Turn on the hard disk. Now go into the AUTO folder on the floppy and execute the driver program. Voila! You can now use the hard disk without loading its AUTO folder. -- --->Neil @ Atari ...{hoptoad, lll-lcc, pyramid, imagen, sun}!atari!neil BIX: neilharris CIS: 70007,1135 Delphi: NEILHARRIS GENIE: nharris WELL: neil Atari Corp. BBS 408-745-5308 US Mail: Atari Corp. 1196 Borregas Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 "Loose chips sink ships."