Amiga IDE>CF setup assistance please!

[SnkBitten]

I setup a CF card on my Windows 10 PC with WinUAE and the PC's built in multi-card media reader (so most likely USB connected internally).  I had to diskpart the cf card first to erase all formatting/partitioning so that Windows no longer mounted it (states I need to format the card every time I insert it).  Then booting off the install 3.1 .adf I was able to use HDToolBox to "install" the drive and then partition it.

So diskpart, wiping all the partitioning/mbr/gpt/whatever off of it and then allowing WinUAE full access of it.

[SnkBitten]

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WinUAE message
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":FNK TECH USB CARD READER  1.00 "

Block zero write attempt but drive has one or more mounted PC partitions or WinUAE does not have Administrator privileges. Erase the drive or unmount all PC partitions first.
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OK  
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Does this mean anything to anyone? I"ve removed the drive letter and unmounted as best as I can in Windows... definitely running as administrator... :-/

Also- what is "diskpart"?

diskpart is a windows utility to zero out a drive.  It can delete partitions and MBR so the drive is completely wiped of Windows information, which prevents Windows from mounting it.  Then WinUAE can have full access to it.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

You want to 'clean' the disk but make absolutely sure you are working on that disk and not one of your windows disks.

Make sure you use 'list disk' to find the appropriate disk/cf card and then 'select disk' to change the focus to that disk.  all commands will be directed to the disk currently with focus.

[SnkBitten]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I never imagined such a sh17ty looking desktop could bring such a sense of achievement!!!

Congrats on getting it working!