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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 08:05:16 PM

Title: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 08:05:16 PM

I have Posted a few question on here about my amiga but i am at my wits end. My Hard drive just died and i have lost every thing. I have been trying to get it to work again. So far i have a new 3.25" drive to replace my old drive(2.5")I have installed 3.1 and my blizzard ppc is speeding things up and giving me ram. Since i cant find my origanal idefix disk i cant get any futher as my CD rom wont work. Please help, i am so close to giving up!

Any replys rember to talk as if i just started with amigas as i have forgot so much.

Thanks! :-?  :-?  :-?

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: Noster on March 17, 2005, 08:16:51 PM

Hi,

wasn't there a rudimental CD-Rom support build in into Kickstart/Workbench 3.1 ?
I will have a look...

Noster

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 08:20:11 PM

I don know, i was hoping to get my cd rom to work so i can install 3.9. I think 3.9 has.

Thanks, any help is much apreceted.

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: Noster on March 17, 2005, 08:23:34 PM

Hi,

Ok, I've found it. there is CD-Rom support build in into Workbench 3.1.
There is an according entry named "CD0" in the directory "Storage".
But you have to adapt this file to your system. You have to know the name of the device your CD-Rom is attached to (e.g. scsi.device) and the unit number of the drive.

If you own the full documentation to Kick/WB 3.1, take the Workbench manual and have a look in chapter 4.3.5.3.

Noster

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 08:27:58 PM

So i copy it from storage to Devs Dos drivers? What is the file system i need to use?

Thanks

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: Matt_H on March 17, 2005, 08:30:10 PM

It's L:CDFilesystem. It should already be there in a base 3.1 install.

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 08:33:28 PM

I have i four way ide adaptor, Will i plug it into the same ide lead or a separate one on the other conector?

Thanks

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: Noster on March 17, 2005, 08:40:37 PM

Hi,

without the IdeFix software, you can only use the first ide lead.

Noster

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 08:51:31 PM

In CD0: it does not contain a line asking for the unit number. Do i add one and also is it scsi.device or atapi.device? I guess it will be unit 1?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 09:13:16 PM

I have used a copy of idefix`s find device and it can find it but i cant get it to come on screen! argggghh!

Please Help!

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: doctorq on March 17, 2005, 09:28:03 PM

If you launch FindCD from harddisk without having the device drivers copied to devs: then it will not find ýour CD drive. Copy atapi.device from the IDEfix package found on Aminet to devs: and FindCD will find your CD drive. If not it is either wrong jumpering or a defective CD drive.

Now when you have the IDEfix package already there, just use the installer included.

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: Matt_H on March 17, 2005, 09:36:59 PM

Check the tooltypes of the CD0 icon. Sometimes the device/unit controls are in there.

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 09:37:36 PM

i dont have the installer for ide fix, i just have the find device programe. I have copyied the atapi.device but still not working. I have tested the drive.

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: doctorq on March 17, 2005, 09:49:03 PM

IDEfix can be found on Aminet (www.aminet.net). Download it, copy it to your Amiga harddrive and unarc it and install from there.

If you want to use the inbuilt CD driver with OS3.1 makesure that you have the following files on your harddrive. A file called CDFileSystem must be in L:, and you must have a file called CD0 with the corresponding .info file in your Devs:DOSDrivers drawer or in Storage:DOSDrivers.

In order to use these files you must have a string in either the tooltypes for CD0 or in the CD0 file itself called UNIT and DEVICE. Unit must be set to 1 and device must be set to scsi.device. This also means that you must place the CD drive on the first cabel along with your hdd, and the CD drive must be set to slave.

In order to use the second channel of the IDEfix you need atapi.device.

Title: Re: Please HELP.....Or is ebay time.
Post by: sheepz on March 17, 2005, 09:53:38 PM

God i love it when stuff works.

Thanks to all.