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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: AAACHIPSET on October 21, 2013, 02:31:13 PM

Title: cf0 question
Post by: AAACHIPSET on October 21, 2013, 02:31:13 PM

seems  my pcmcia  slot does work  sees the card etc  ..cant prepare it says
the card is write protected ..how i prepare a card ??..how u unwrite protect ?..or format  etc?

Title: Re: cf0 question
Post by: magnetic on October 21, 2013, 03:16:40 PM

It may not be the slot its possibly the type of CF card. Amigas are sensitive to the type used. I recommend SanDisk cf.

Title: Re: cf0 question
Post by: kickstart on October 21, 2013, 04:15:05 PM

@aaachipset

Is a CF or SD card? SD card have a little "switch" to protect/unproted the card.

This cards ares like another HDD or floppy, can you see the NDOS icon?

Title: Re: cf0 question
Post by: Thomas on October 21, 2013, 09:34:22 PM

Quote from: AAACHIPSET;750669

seems  my pcmcia  slot does work  sees the card etc  ..cant prepare it says
the card is write protected ..how i prepare a card ??..how u unwrite protect ?..or format  etc?

The PrepCard program does not work with CF cards, it can only handle SRAM cards.

To prepare a CF card for the PCMCIA slot, just format it as FAT16 or FAT32 on a PC. Normally new CF cards are already formatted like that.

On the Amiga, if CF0 is installed along with compactflash.device and FAT95, no further preparation is needed.

Title: Re: cf0 question
Post by: magnetic on October 22, 2013, 01:15:18 AM

thomas

Ah i didnt fully read his post in that he was using card prep.

@ OP

Also do you have the appropriate drivers installed?

Title: Re: cf0 question
Post by: AAACHIPSET on October 23, 2013, 02:39:12 PM

ok..its  a compact  flash...have  fat95  etc installed  ..no icon  ever appeared ..directory opus sees a cf0  ..but when selected  says no card installed ..im missing something  here  ..have to try an work it out i guess ..