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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: skywalkgr on December 18, 2005, 07:57:26 AM

Title: A1200 & new hard disk installation
Post by: skywalkgr on December 18, 2005, 07:57:26 AM
Goodmorning to all of you :)

I've bought a 2,5inch hard disk (Seagate/40GB/4200rpm) and i would like to install it to my a1200.

Which operating system i must choose , in order not having issues partitioning the drive...
And which Filesystem is better (perfomance/file handling) because i want to store a lot of dms images in it.

I have workbench 3.1  :roll: and OS 3.5 , can i use on of them?
Title: Re: A1200 & new hard disk installation
Post by: god64 on December 18, 2005, 08:19:29 AM
only os3.5 or higher supports partitions > 2 gb (or was it 4 gb), but be warned, you'll need a lot of ram for validating the partition (>20mb for 4 gb). better skip validation on a standard a1200.
Title: Re: A1200 & new hard disk installation
Post by: skywalkgr on December 18, 2005, 08:34:37 AM
I have a total ammount of 10mb ram (2chip/8fast) on a blizzard-iv 1230 card. So i cant use the drive?

Title: Re: A1200 & new hard disk installation
Post by: god64 on December 18, 2005, 09:04:24 AM
you can use it. if i remember correctly, you can skip the bad block detection, aka validation, and directly format the partitions.
Title: Re: A1200 & new hard disk installation
Post by: Effy on December 18, 2005, 10:38:13 AM
Or you just add a 32 or 64 or 128 Mb Ram module to your Blizzard 1230/4 (http://users.pandora.be/DiscoVmax/Amiga/Blizzard1230-4_B_BIG.jpg)  :lol:
Title: Re: A1200 & new hard disk installation
Post by: skywalkgr on December 18, 2005, 10:48:37 AM
@god64 : aha! i understand :) Thank you very much :)
@Effy: Where i can buy a memory upgrade module for amiga?
Title: Re: A1200 & new hard disk installation
Post by: skywalkgr on December 18, 2005, 11:11:07 AM
@Effy : I've read your ebay auction :D I must have one of this modules :) How will be the cost if you ship this item to Greece?