SFS problems

[Gavilan]

Hi people: im having big troubles installing SFS to my Amiga.

This is the situation: i have an 20 GB HDD ready to be used on my Amiga.
My Amiga 1200 with Blizzard 1230 already has a 450 MB very old crappy disk, that is saying goodbye forever. I wanted to transfer all info and data, but into a SFS enviroment

What i did was,copy ALL my 450 MB into 20 GB, formatted following SFS installation guide.
I made 3 partitions. First partition 1 about 1.5 gig. Second partition is about 2.5 gig. And the third partition, when i reboot system is....gone!!!
Instead of getting a panic attack, i proceed and installed 3.9 (of course i have roms 3.1 on my machine).
After installation , 2 things happened:
1) i no longer have access to CD-rom. what could it be??
2) MY 3 partition is actually SEEN on the WB screen, but i get a message saying: HD3 is UNRECOGNIZABLE. If i try to format it, after 1% i get a "scsi.device bla bla bla ERROR". So i cant use it!!

I tought that using together 3.9 & SFS i would be able to get full use of a 20 GB hard disk

What am i doing wrong?
Cheers!

Sebastian

[Gavilan]

Of course i tried to do a quick format...but unfortunately..same result....

About the new scsi.device...where can i get it? i couldnt find it on Aminet...but i supposed that OS 3.9 and/or SFS had a newer scsi.device ....

Any more clues??

Thanks in advance

Sebastian

[Gavilan]

amije: i have a scsi module attached to my Blizzard 1230....but my CD rom SCSI is unsusable as well...

Regarding scsi.device.... i had the idea that using together SFS + OS3.9 would allow me to us larger drives without caring size...so thats why i wanted to use a "brand new" 20 GB in my Amiga....

So, i simple dont understand what i did wrong...
I copied ALL my 450MB hard drvie into the new 20GB drive. The 450 HD had 3.1 installed and working properly...

After i installed SFS and 3.9, i can see on the WB screen the third partition , but it reads what i said, i cant format it, either in quick or full format, without getting a "SCSI.ERROR" with a lot of numbers and commands i just dont understand...

So basically, shall i need to install a new scsi.device?
where could i get it?
where should i install it?

Thanks in advance & excuse me for all my mess here!!!I wanted to impress my girl, showing her my "new A1200 with OS 3.9"...but all i got was "babe, its late, lets go to bed..."


OHHHHHH: forgot to tell!! I have one of those Eyetech 4 buffered ide interface...but i think (not sure) that came with no software, so i didnt install any software on it...



Cheers

Sebastian
 :lol:  :lol:

[Gavilan]

NOW i get it!!!!! I need to format the 20 GB under OS 3.9!!!!

Thanks!!!
Will try it tonight!
Tomorrow i let you know!!

Thanks to all with your great help!!

[Gavilan]

@amije: yeah, im sorry for forgetting telling that vital info...
My 4 way bufered inteface was bought second hand on ebay, so i came with NO idefix software at all
My cd rom is installed using blizzard scsi board (so 1230.device is correct)
But, after i installed 3.9, i no longer have access to the cd-rom drive, so i cant install latest boing bags and all that stuff...

One doubt at this point: if i just install SFS on the 20 GB drive (still under 3.1), and THEN i install 3.9 OS on the 20 GB, i still wont be able to format the third (the partition beyond 4 GB limit), right??

[Gavilan]

GOT IT!!!!
Thanks once again for all explanation & patience!!

You´ll be rewarded!!!

 :-D