CompactFlash.device how-to?

[SACC-guy]

I read this thread and am very confused!
Are you working on replacing an internal ide drive with a cf adaptor and cf card?

And are you also working at the same time on using a fat formatted cf card on the PCMCIA slot?

Why don't you just do one at a time?

Did you buy a "proven cd card"?

[SACC-guy]

You still did NOT clarify...

Are you using a ide to cf adaptor with a proven cf card?
In this case, you use Hdtoolbox to format the cd card as a hard drive replacement!

And Are you using a PCMICA adaptor with a second cf card formatted as "fat"
In this case, you format the cf card with a pc using "fat" and you need several files for the amiga, like fat96 in the "L" drawer.

The easy thing is just to buy either or both, a setup ready to go cf card set from AmigaKit!

[SACC-guy]

It's why I asked if you had a "proven" cf card!
Some cf cards don't work. And Anything over 4 gigs needed extra care.

I use a AmigaKit set of a ide to cf adaptor with a pre-formatted 4 gig cf in three partitions.

Also from AmigaKit, My PCMICA adaptor to cf card is only 128 megs (plenty for Amiga)
The great thing was the install disk AmigaKit included in the set. It had all the files and installed them in the right places!

[SACC-guy]

True, I read thru the entire thread at once. I wasn't following because your starts and stops confused me. So I asked a first base question to get to "some" understanding.

Now, if it's software... what are the clues?

Without the cf card in the PCMICA adaptor...does the system boot from the internal cf card, which should be device CF0: (?)

If after the system boots to workbench, what do you see in the shell when you type "info"?

[SACC-guy]

OH! OH! OH! I know.
Red has a 600 which had a cf card as hard drive.
Red has a 1200 which has a bad floppy drive and moved his cf card over from his 600.
So Red tried to set up a cd card with winuae on a pc and plug it into his PCMICA slot.
It didn't work and he tried to make other things work instead!