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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: 2J4EZ on June 09, 2004, 10:01:01 PM
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ok managed to install workbench on a 711mb disk drive but it dont boot in winuae
does mean it needs a format again and partition with the bootable box checked or is there another round this??
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lol, why didn't you check the bottable box in the first place? :-P
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does mean it needs a format again and partition with the bootable box checked or is there another round this??
First of all, is the partition set as bootable in WinUAE's prefs? I thought that overrode the Amiga boot info? (Not really sure, as I've only used HardFiles in UAE -- they're a lot easier to manage, and if you put them on a semi-new drive, they're a lot faster, too!)
Anyhow, on a real Amiga, I believe you can just open HDToolBox, pick the drive, pick the partition, choose the bootable option, be careful to change no other options, save the changed drive, and reboot. It may give you a warning, but so long as you don't do anything that changes the drive's geometry or partition sizes, the data should stay intact.
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oh i will partition it again i will check the box but now it says ERROR 28 on write!
any ideas??
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Erm, are you sure, it is 28 ?
28 means the disk is write protected.
And BTW, you don't need to repartition the HDD. Just enable the "bootable" switch on your desired boot partition. No data will be lost.
If HDToolbox does not let you do this, you can try ChangeBootPri (http://home.t-online.de/home/thomas-rapp/download/changebootpri.lha).
Just enter: changebootpri dh0: boot
where "dh0" is the name of your partition.
Bye,
Thomas