HDD Validating Nightmare

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

@all -

Exactly the same problem here, too.  I feel your pain.  I can get it to boot on my backup drive only if I disable the unvalidated partition through early startup control.  Then the only thing that sees it is HDToolBox, which doesn't leave me many options.  Booting with no startup-sequence causes the reset within minutes, not enough time to even start DiskSalv. :-x

Mike

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

chris wrote:
Do not use Directory Caching on hard drives!  It provides no benefit and (I forget most of the techy details) if it goes wrong, the validation procedure takes longer and more memory.  This results in the crash you have been experiencing.

@Chris -

While I do not doubt what you are saying for one second, can you give us a clue where to get the technical details you mentioned?  Just doing routine tasks, opening directory windows in Workbench, etc., my Amiga certainly "feels" faster when using DC-FFS.

...And I've got to try what you've said, I really don't want to install 3.9 again, not when I finally had it almost running right!  Anybody going to be at the NCAUG picnic this weekend want to take a gander at validating a hard drive?  I'll be the one rolling up in the big-a*s 31-year-old Buick, since my last running Oldsmobile is currently up on blocks. :-D


Thanks,
Mike

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

DO NOT USE DIRCACHE ON LARGE PARTITIONS. THE VALIDATION WILL CRASH DUE TO LACK OF MEMORY.

Hummm...  So any idea how much memory I would need to validate a 4gb partition?   :-?  (Ie. if I could find someone with enough memory...  I really don't want to go through that reinstall again, and am using my 3.1 backup in the meantime)

Thanks much,
Mike

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

HellCoder wrote:

Slash wrote:
I did manage to get the machine to stay up without guru'ing only by booting into the OS4 beta partition I have installed. Don't know what it does, but it stops it crashing.

A late reply, but still a huge problem!
Well, finally this has happened to me too. Unfortionately I don't have OS4 beta to allow me to copy all the files I really need. I've got about 4 Gb data but this is above the 4.3 Barrier.

Can anyone tell me how to boot my machine and tell the system NOT to validate so I can copy all my files ?
I don't mind formatting after, but just need the data. Can I mount the drive on Linux and than access the files ??
(for example)

I've been told that you can install WinUAE on a PC, boot into Workbench that way (using a WinUAE partition or Workbench adf), and that WinUAE should then recognize the Amiga hard drive, and allow you to copy your files off.  Of course, I haven't been able to try this yet, as I can't get WinUAE to work under Vista.  :-?

Good luck to you!