> Assuming the new hard drive has been low-level > formatted and high-level formatted (from DOS) it > requires one more thing to be used as a boot device: > A BOOT BLOCK The message "No hard disk found" appears as one of the first messages outputted by the BIOS. It is the part of the BIOS which detects if there is a mouse, LPT-port or COM-port available. Purely hardware orientated. Only after (not) detecting these items the RAM is tested. FYI: the HD I attached has a Boot Block for sure as I lent it from a working system. Groetjes, Ruud http://Ruud.C64.org - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi.
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