From: g4ugm@dave.invalid   
      
   On 19/01/2019 01:02, Michael Allard wrote:   
   > On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:24:47 AM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com   
   wrote:   
   >>> 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   
   >>   
   >> Hello again,   
   >>   
   >> I found something that qualifies as unusual. I did not know this when I   
   purchased it, but I have a modified ROM for TOS on my STE. We think that this   
   is causing a conflict with the hard drives. I don't know if this is the cause   
   or not. We will find    
   out. Thanks.   
   >>   
   >> –Artisan21   
   >   
   > I bet the nodded ROMs are keeping it from recognizing the hard drive.  I   
   hope you can get ROM versions that were originally in the machine.  Keep us   
   posted because I'm curious.   
   >   
   Why? If it came with a hard drive and it once worked the most likely   
   cause is a duff hard drive. These drives are all around 20 years and   
   they are all getting flaky. I would try a SCSI2SD first...   
      
   Dave   
      
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