HD Size with Amiga?

[steidley]

I installed an 80Gig HD.  I thought it was going to work just fine... Then I did a full format.  Not the Quick, wich I have since read in a couple of places is the way to do it.  Now the drive doesn't work.

Any ideas as to a fix?

[steidley]

> Never use full format, it is a 32 bit command it
 > doesn't understand track disk 64.
 > Use quick format also modern drives do not use
 > full formats.


right... I know that now.  The problem is... I did use the full format... before I knew not to use it.  Does anybody know how to fix the drive after that?

[steidley]

It is an IDE drive, and I did stick it in a PC to format it.  Once formated, I stuck it back in the Amiga.... No luck

HD toolbox sees the drive, and I am using the SFS as a file system.  I have tried masks of 0x00FFFFFF, FE, FC.  These don't seem to have an effect either way.

What is soooo  frustrating is that I know this drive will work.  I have seen the icon on the screen.  I just screwed something up by doing a full format.  If there was only an Undo!  

A couple of people have mentioned "reinstalling" the drive.  Is this the "install" button on the HDToolbox.  I have done that a number of times.  It doesn't seem to help.

[steidley]

I was able to do that.  And the PC was able to see it and use it.  When I then stick it back into the Amiga... The same thing happens.  HDtoolbox sees it, will install it, will partition the drive using the SFS.  But when I reboot so that I can get it mounted, the drive light comes on and stays on for ever (most of a day before I final reset it).  

As stated earlier, I tried a variety of masks that are sugested in the SFS guide.  That didn't seem to change things.

When I first started all of this (before the full format), I never messed with masks or transfer speeds or anything.  It worked great... right up to the point of the full format!  

I don't know... people have had some realy good ideas as to fix this, but I sure am having poor luck with this.