Hi Alex,
Ok, I have tried this before and also have had issues. I am sure that you can stick an Amiga drive in a PC and boot from it with WinUAE, but, I have never gotten that to work.
If you just want to get or put files on an Amiga drive from a real Amiga, which is basically what I usually use WinUAE for, here is how I do it:
1. I keep an old AdSys PCI SCSI controller in my PC to hook Amiga drives to. I get the impression from your post that you are all set from a hardware standpoint though.
2. I install WinUAE, not AIAB though, I dont think that it hurts to install AIAB, I just dont need it.
3. I setup a "harddrive" on my PC which is used to boot Amiga OS3.1 from within WinUAE.
4. I then plug my SCSI drive into the controller (with the PC turned off, of course ...).
5. I open WinUAE and load my OS3.1 Amiga configuration.
6. Select "Hard Drives" under "Hardware"
7. Click "Add Harddrive ..." button.
8. WinUAE should automatically find your Amiga formatted drive connected to your PC.
9. Tell WinUAE what you want to mount the drive as.
This works for me, but, as is often the case, your mileage may vary. If it helps, I have been using version 0.9.92 of WinUAE for quite a while. I think you can choose to download previous versions on the WinUAE website. If not, let me know and I can dig out the version that I am using (I must have it somewhere ...) and send it to you.
I hope this helps you out.
Thanks,
Mike
