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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: AmigaFun on April 05, 2010, 01:29:01 PM

Title: Changing from old 2.1GB h/d to 16GB compact flash
Post by: AmigaFun on April 05, 2010, 01:29:01 PM

Hi all:

System: 1200T, Apollo 060, 64MB Ram, Mediator TX

I am looking to changing my old 2.1GB hard disk over and using a 16GB compact flash card as the replacement. At the moment I am using OS3.9 with boing bags 1 and I think 2, connected via a Elbox 4xEIDE buffered interface. Also connected is a CDROM drive and 250MB Zip drive (internal).

Am I likely to encounter any problems by using my PCMCIA to compact flash adapter, via OS 3.9 to setup and format the 16GB compact flash drive using SFS as a file system, or is there another filesystem I should use. Are these within OS3.9 itself or is Aminet the place to look?

My intention is to then when formated and partitioned (idealy give Workbench 500MB? and  the rest to other stuff??)is to then simply copy all the folders and files from the old drive to the new 16GB card, then after that is to get an Elbox 1200 MK III FastATA-3/EIDE Controller for the A1200, then plug the compact flash card via an adapter to one IDE port and the rest of the devices off the other port.

Is this too simplistic or is this going to be a headache? Do I need to worry about the start-up sequence and the IDEfix program?

I have read the post here: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27540&highlight=formatting+drive+bigger    
and think I can follow that. But just need a bit more pointers I think to achieve the aim.

Thanks for any help,

Mart

Title: Re: Changing from old 2.1GB h/d to 16GB compact flash
Post by: Chrome on April 05, 2010, 02:12:11 PM

I would just copy files from old to new. Just make sure that new drive is bootable.

Has anyone tried Quarterback System Mover with SFS-formatted partitions?