SFS partition not found?

[mingle]

Hi,

I'm just tinkering with SFS on some spare space on my hard disk, but when I reboot, I can't see the new SFS partition on my Workbench.

It appears to be there when I look in HDToolBox, but I can't appear to access it.

I have the following partitions on my HDD:

IDH0: 1.95GB
IDH1: 1.95GB
SFS0: 0.50GB

Is it something to do with the SFS partition being over the 4GB limit for WB3.1?

If so, what do I need to do to access the SFS partition?

Cheers,

Mike.

[mingle]

I'm not sure what I did - just followed the directions in the SFS guide...

The first step is the add SFS (I assume to the RDB) and it appears as a file system from within the advanced options of HDToolBox...

I'll give SFSformat a try now...

Cheers,

Mike.

[mingle]

No luck...

I've even repartitioned and did a clean install of WB3.1 on my hard disk.

I'm running a standard A1200 (2MB chipram only) and a 5GB IBM 2.5" hard disk.

I've partitioned/formatted the HDD as follows:

DH0:  500MB FFS (Workbench 3.1 install is here)
DH1: 1000MB FFS
DH2: 1000MB FFS
DH3: 1000MB FFS
DH4: 1000MB FFS
DH5:  268MB FFS

I downloaded the latest SFS.LHA archive from the official support site and copied the smartfilesystem handler to the L directory on my Workbench partition.

Then I ran HDToolBox and added the new file system as described in the SFS_OLD.guide instructions.

Then I changed the DH2: partition to use the SFS 'custom file system' in HDToolBox.

Then rebooted. The DH2: partition no longer appeared on my workbench after the reboot, so I tried to use the 'sfsformat' command to format the partition, but the command crashes at the point I'm prompted to press 'Enter'.

I've tried the same on the DH5: partition, but it does the same...

So I'm stuck at this point.

Do I need more RAM, or should I be doing something else?

Cheers,

Mike.

[mingle]

Hi,

The filesystem is added to the RDB of the hard disk, so it isn't tied to the partition (other that the partition using SFS rather than FFS)

I've tried using HDInstTools (as well as HDToolBox) to add SFS to the drive, but still no luck...

The partition seems to be set up correctly, but it doesn't appear from Workbench and the 'SFSFormat' command crashes each and ever time I try and use it....

Can anyone else help me out?

Cheers,

Mike.

[mingle]

Hi,

Thanks for the info... I tried changing the maxtransfers, but still no luck.. :-(

Wonder what I'm doing wrong?

Mike.

[mingle]

Finally got it working - sort of!

The only way I could get SFS installed on my HHD was to boot from a modified copy of the WB3.1 Install diskette (with the SFS handler and SFSFormat command added) and partition and format the disks.

Is there an updated version of the scsi.device that I should use as well?

Cheers,

Mike.