Installing a big hard disk

[Robert17]

I Think you need to set it to CybScsi.device in order to see your drives,

Are you familiar with installing file systems etc?

Robert.

[Robert17]

You may be better off using PFS-060ds (Direct SCSI) If you're running Workbench 3.1, otherwise you'll be limited to just under 4gb of Hard disk space :-

When adding the filesystem to the RDB, if you're not using the standard FastFileSystem, you have to change the identifier number to suit the selected filesystem,

If you are running OS 3.1 or earlier, you may be better off using 'HDInstTools' From Aminet as 3.1's HDToolbox doesn't always recognise large drives, and may read them as a totally different size.

Let us know if you're using 3.1 or above and we can go from there :-)

Robert.

[Robert17]

If you use HdInstTools from the beginning and remember to only use it then compatibility with other programs isn't an issue, I think it is correct that you will have problems reading the size of and partitioning larger drives with HDToolbox from Workbench 3.1.

I was working on the assumption that TD64 Wasn't yet installed so thought that using SCSI Direct from the start would be easier and give the same desired results.

Robert.

[Robert17]

Ah, I thought TD64 was something to install, similar to NSDPatch, but am I correct in saying this chap won't be able to fully partition his 74gb drive using an older HDToolbox?

Robert.

[Robert17]

Personally I like the HDToolbox from OS 3.9 the most, But I reckon HDInstTools is pretty decent - I tend to stick with drives 4gb or less on OS 3.1 or lower so usually just use the standard HDToolbox.

Robert.

[Robert17]

You could try HDInstTools... It will detect the drive size and allow you to partition the drive without entering your own numbers for size, cylinders etc.

Robert.