From: darklord@suddenlink.net   
      
   On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:14:23 +0000, philicorda wrote:   
      
   > Hello.   
      
   Hi.   
      
   > I have a new (to me :) Mega4, which came with an SH205 hard drive. I also   
   > have my previous STe.   
   >   
   > When I plug the sh205 into the Mega, and reboot, it does not see it. It   
   > works fine with the STe without any configuration and seems to find a   
   > driver on the hard drive.   
      
   You did try starting it from a "cold" start (everything off, then HD on   
   first, then ST) as well, right? With no floppy in the floppy drive, you'll   
   also have to wait longer for a bootup.   
      
   > So, do I need a special driver for the Mega? It seems odd that it does   
   > not see the drive.   
      
   Seems odd and suspicious to me too. I'd hook the SH205 to the Mega ST and   
   boot up with the hard drive software on a floppy in the floppy drive and   
   see what it reports.   
      
   > I'd like to use the Mega as it has more memory. Unfortunately, the floppy   
   > is dead too. So, can I swap the STe floppy for the Mega one? Also, can I   
   > take the memory from the Mega and put it in the STe?   
      
   Oh, the floppy is dead - hmm, then you can't boot up with your hard drive   
   software. You'll need to get the floppy working to do that - that software   
   can tell you a lot more about what is going on.   
      
   Depending on the drive "face" you can swap them out - but the Atari drives   
   came with large eject buttons, small eject buttons, etc - you should be   
   able to look at it and see if it will fit or not.   
      
   I don't think, unless its some 3rd party/aftermarket board in the Mega ST,   
   that you can swap memory - the STe uses SIMMs.   
      
   > Any pointers appreciated.   
      
   There'll be others answer this thread - help is coming! :)   
      
   Hope this helps in the meantime.   
      
   --   
   Welcome To DarkForce! www.darkforce.org "The Fuji Lives.!"   
   An Atari SW/HW based BBS - Telnet:darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)