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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: tnk2k on June 12, 2008, 09:28:12 AM

Title: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: tnk2k on June 12, 2008, 09:28:12 AM: Hello all,

I'd like to put an cf 2 ide adapter in my amiga 1200. However does anybody have advice on which kind of brand card to put in? I like to put in a 4gb card.

Anybody some advice?

Thanks.
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: Damion on June 12, 2008, 09:34:00 AM: Sandisk, both standard and "Ultra II" cards working fine here.
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: tnk2k on June 12, 2008, 09:36:15 AM: Also the 4gb? No problem at all?

Did you use the tutorial from here?
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: Damion on June 12, 2008, 09:42:56 AM: Quote

tnk2k wrote:
Also the 4gb? No problem at all?

1 and 2GB, however 4GB is known working. (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=28249)

Quote
Did you use the tutorial from here?

No
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: tnk2k on June 12, 2008, 09:44:54 AM: Thanks you D.
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: Damion on June 12, 2008, 09:53:35 AM: No worries, let us know if you need any help getting it going.
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: tnk2k on June 16, 2008, 07:42:07 PM: okay i got the "Sandisk ULTRA II 4gb" CompactFlash 4GB but the amiga doesn't recognises it :( Any advice?
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: darksun9210 on June 27, 2008, 10:22:26 AM: i trust you are using the install disk with HDtoolbox?
you will need to "install" the compactflash disk first. This writes a Rigid Disk Block - RDB, with the layout information, numbers of heads, number of sectors, block size etc to the base block on the CF card so the amiga knows how to access it. the "read disk config" button should be able to do this for you.
once this is done, then you can partition the card as normal.

or you can make up the numbers, just so long as they add up to 4Gb. i used 512byte block, with 16 heads, and kept upping the number of sectors/cylinders untill the disk size looked about right. don't go over 4Gb though. even if you loose 100Mb of disk capacity, its still worth it not to trash your data when the machine tries to write to an area of disk that doesn't exist.

i have 4GB Sandisk ultra2 and ultra3's on SCSI to IDE bridges to work in A500 GVP HD8+ and A530 add-ons, working fine,
and i have three Maplins no-name-brand 4GB "Speedy" compact flash cards working in two A1200's and one A600

none of my machines have less than OS3.1, and the 3.1install disk worked fine.

where abouts is your machine getting stuck?
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: tnk2k on June 27, 2008, 11:25:02 AM: i got it working afterall, i didn't properly connected the ide cable to the motherboard.

thanks for your help
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: pVC on June 27, 2008, 03:56:28 PM: My non-working "CnMemory First Class 512MB" card became working with patched (http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/HDToolBoxPatch) HDToolBox.
Title: Re: amiga 1200 compact flash hdd replacement brand?
Post by: LoadWB on June 27, 2008, 09:51:05 PM: I've had a 4GB card in my 1200 for a couple of years now. Works great. I have a pic of it in the gallery.

I've had excellent results with SanDisk products: 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB. I want to try a 16GB for kicks.