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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Two CF cards inside Amiga
« on: December 27, 2013, 04:24:37 PM »
What model Amiga? What is the capacity and brand of the two cards? What file system are you using? (i.e., FFS, PFS, etc.)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Two CF cards inside Amiga
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2013, 04:43:47 PM »
Quote from: UK-Robbie;755541
As anyone had any luck with two CF cards in Amiga?

I've used as many as four cards at a time (two CF, an SD, and an xD), but I'm using the Mechware SCSI card readers on mine.  :idea:
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Two CF cards inside Amiga
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2013, 04:44:57 PM »
Just as a quick test, try swapping the cards?  Any difference?
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Two CF cards inside Amiga
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2013, 05:07:41 PM »
You're certain the second card is not defective?  Can you use just that one, and prep/boot off it?   I'm confident this should work, but getting a bit outside my experience at this point. By swapping the cards around you've ruled out any issue with the cable or card readers.  What version of HDToolbox are you using?  What partition size are you creating on them?
 
You're prepping both the cards exactly the same, but the second one isn't showing up on Workbench when you reboot, correct?  Will any other software detect it?  i.e., SysInfo, Check4GB, etc.?  This last one is a tool I used before, it was able to help me troubleshoot an issue I had where several partitions on a card weren't showing up on WB.  Might help to give it a quick run...

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/check4gb
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos