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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Everblue on September 02, 2007, 12:10:58 PM
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Ok, I managed to install 3.1 Kickstart in my Amiga500, I have connected my AlfaData hdd enclosure to it. I am having problems getting the HDD to work though...
If I use Workbench 3.1's HDTOOLBOX, it lists no hard disks.
When I used HDINST from Aminet, it recognized my HDD, let me create a partition (I made a 1 gig partition) etc. After setting up the partition, I let it reboot and when got back in Workbench 3.1 I can see the partition, which needs to be formatted.
When I use workbench's formatting tool it lets me give it a name etc, but after a while, it says not a valid dos disk, or something like that :(
Any ideas what am I doing wrong?
Thanks! :-D
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Hmm.. Is it a new (or big capacity) hdd inside the AlfaData? Try setting MaxTransfer to 0x1fe00 in HDToolBox or HDInst and retry.
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Hi, its a 20 gig hard drive... which I just took out from a PC.
Ok I did as you said:
1. In HDToolbox I cannot do it because it doesnt even 'see' the hard disk
2. In HDInstall I created a 750meg partition again and rebooted.
Workbench 'sees' the hard drive as a non dos disk, so I select it and used workbench format utility...
After a while showing "Initialising...." it gives a not a Dos disk error or something likee that :(
This is driving me mad :(
Why doesnt HDToolbox see the drive?
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I would probably try a much smaller drive...
Does hdinsttools see it as 20gb?
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No it sees at as an 8g drive.
I have noticed that once I create partitions with HDInst and restart, and check the partitions again with HDInst, they are 'gone'.
The drive has no gig limit jumper...
Any ideas? I dont have any other HDDs at my disposal :getmad:
What if I use another file system -can I get the drive to be seen as 20gigs? Maybe thats why I cannot format the partition.
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For plain 3.1 with FFS, look for the TD64 patches on Aminet.
HDToolbox probably isn't seeing the drive because it's scanning scsi.device, and I imagine the AlfaData uses a different device name. Use a Tooltype to change it.
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try a partition smaller than 500 or 250 meg...
Maybe hdinst tools is to old to see new and large disks....
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For partitions AND hds with more than 4Gb, use SFS (version 1.275 is the last on aminet). But you need to save/use the boot partition under the 4Gb barrier.
Prefer to use less than 200 Mb to it (It's a SYSTEM partition, remember?;-)).
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Dont forget to set device=oktagon.device in HDToolbox tooltypes, otherwise you will not see hdd coz scsi.device is used as default
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Yeah I did that and HDToolbox does see my hard disk now, but only as 163 megs (its a 20gig)...
I created a partition but when I tried to format it, it said not a valid dos disk.
I think I am gonna try and get another hard drive, probably my amiga does not like this one.
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I went through the same mess on my A4000 (also kick 3.1). It detected the disk allright, but the drive started {bleep}ing up (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26568), especially when overwriting files (just appended to the file until the partition was full.)
I have no idea if our problems are related at all, but my solution were as follows: I ripped the drive out of the Amiga, did a partition+format on a PC (WinUAE), re-inserted it and everything has worked like a charm ever since.
If you have a SCSI card in your PC, give it a try. It might just work.