I'm attempting to add an HDD to an A500 with kickstart 1.3 and a 512k upgrade. I've got two dataflyer controllers: one SCSI version with a SCSI2SD adapter, and one IDE version with a compact flash adapter. Both exhibit the same problem.
During installation, the dataflyer installation disk correctly identifies the HDD name and disk sizes(2G), and allows for installation. Both installations proceed normally without error. Both, when restarted, boot into the normal workbench CLI(without the floppy, ofc) prompt off of the HDD.
The problem is that neither disks ever leaves "Validating" status as shown by the Workbench INFO tool, or the info command line. This makes the disks not writable and essentially unusable. Trying to copy from the command line throws 213 errors as a result.
I'm using yet a 3rd DataFlyer IDE controller with the same model CF adapter on a different A500. I know this combination of controller, adapter, CF card type is a valid compatible combination. All the jumpers are the same.
Maybe I'm just impatient, but the HDD simply never seem to validate. I've read other posts talking about using DiskSalv4 to execute the validation, but it requires Kickstart 2.0 or better. The older versions of DiskSalv don't support that feature, as far as I can tell.
DataFlyer includes some utilities to check health. The one returns ExpansionRom structures, and that all looks right to me -- matches what I'm seeing in the ROM, on the databus etc. The other utility detects disks, and correct returns the type(SCSI vs IDE), the name(as assigned in SCSI2SD or the Compact Flash ID), the size, number of blocks, etc.
How much time should this process take? Can I see the validator running somewhere? Check the progress of such?
Any other ideas?