Buddha & TrueIDE in A2000 problem...

[danbeaver]

And you are sure there is no problem with the TrueIDE working and you have tested the Buddha with a plain HDD.

[danbeaver]

I have that combination of  (1 year old) Buddha Phoenix Flash and new TrueIDE, but I tested it in a basic A4000.  I could not get either of my 2 the TrueIDE to work straight off the A4000's own (working) IDE, but it worked well on the Buddha; this tells me that the TrueIDE is not a panacea for IDE to CF cards -- it has "issues." The A4000's IDE port is old, basic and slow.

My Buddha(s) work, but to report in the early start menu that they are working only means that a query of the ROM and electronics returns a "working" response.  I have had other cards that reported this when they were otherwise non-functional.

Ergo, if you can't get the Buddha to work with a known working IDE drive, then you might have a problem there.

[danbeaver]

The AmigaKit CF cards (with preinstalled software) are pretty much designed to be problem-free with the amiga, unless during shipping the heads got knocked out of alignment...

IDEFix when implemented, mostly corrects for the lack of ATAPI commands on the IDE, so I would guess you have to get enough of a boot to run it if it is truly needed; however an error on one "install" vs another can be due to missing libraries loaded at startup.

Starting with no Startup-Sequence would let you run both the IDEFix and SetPatch (the latter of which can cause big issues with booting).

I believe that "The Answer is Out There!"

[danbeaver]

Well, where is you OS3.9 install located?

[danbeaver]

You can go directly from CD to CF if you have a WB screen that shows both.  You will need the CF partition bootable though.