Compact Flash card - how to format/partition and install WB?

[Thomas]

Follow the second paragraph of this post: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?p=545199#post545199

[Homer]

Hi RGB gamer,

Please note that you are getting advice from a guy that really can answer your questions. He can not help you if you don't answer his questions though :hammer: !

[RGB_gamer]

Ok, I ran Winuae without the -disableharddrivesafetycheck option an loaded it up using the workbench install floppy. I then ran HDToolbox and made sure it said SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=uaehf.device

I was FINALLY able to get it to see my CF card. I was able to partition the disk drive, but even though it sees the full 4gb, I made two 250mb partitions (one for the workbench install which is DH0, the other for programs which is DH1), and then a 1900mb partition (DH2) and another with the rest DH3. I then rebooted workbench, and was able to see all the partitions except for DH3.

What is the largest size for a partition?

[rkauer]

Largest size is the size of the HD. But then you'll run into some problems:

 - If accidentally you turn the Amiga off during a writing cycle (or if the computer freeze when writing something) you'll experience a validating period in the next boot. Expect to wait around 10 hours or more waiting for the Workbench shows up;:furious:

 - Some programs count the available space, and they can't understand numbers over 2Gb in size (for those programs the value will become negative), so they crashes, or quit without warning;:furious:

 - Even Workbench programs who mess with the HD will have those problems.:furious:

 So the best answer is: keep partitions under 2Gb. 1.9Gb is perfect!

[RGB_gamer]

When I was partitioning the 4gb drive, like I stated before, d0 is 250mb, dh1 is 250mb, dh2 is 1900mb, and dh3 is the rest. After the partitioning was done, I rebooted workbench, and after that, dh3 didn't show up at all. So I ultimately just set up a 3gb+ partition as dh2.

To copy all files from one partition to another open an AmigaDOS Shell window and enter

copy xxx:#? yyy: all clone

replace xxx by the name of the source drive and yyy by the destination drive.

So how do I do this in WinUAE? I load up an HDF to start with, and I want to copy the contents of the SYSTEM partition to my CF Card's WORKBENCH partition

[Thomas]

There should be a Shell icon in the System drawer of your boot partition. Just run it to get the DOS window. Then enter the command.

For example

copy system:#? workbench: all clone

[RGB_gamer]

There should be a Shell icon in the System drawer of your boot partition. Just run it to get the DOS window. Then enter the command.

For example

copy system:#? workbench: all clone

Thanks for the tip! I got it to work and my CF boots up just like the HDF that a buddy of mine sent me. Now if I can just figure out WHDLoad....