Formatting CF (CompactFlash) with WinUAE- Dramas

[Xamiche]

To change the HD safety option you need to change the Target information in the WinUAE short cut to;

"C:\Program Files\WinUAE\winuae.exe" -disableharddrivesafetycheck



Or whatever your path to WinUAE is.

Edit:

I did the same thing your attempting, not too long ago. I had trouble getting Workbench in WinUAE to see the hard disk. Make sure the CF Card doesn't already have a windows type partition. If it does, WinUAE seems to not wont to recognise it. After I added the 'disableharddrivesafetycheck' in the WinUAE shortcut, I got a KillDisk programme and nuked the partition on my CF Microdrive, then opened WinUAE and clicked the "Add Hard Drive" button", and found my CF Card in the drop down menu.

[Xamiche]

Are you finding the drive in the Add Hard Drive drop down menu?

[Xamiche]

Oh, you have the CF card connected via the PCMCIA slot? Well that's different. I did mine with a CF -> IDE adaptor connected to the IDE interface in the Amiga. I'm not sure how it would work with a PCMCIA CF adaptor.

[Xamiche]

Just an FYI on changing the HDTools device. It's 'uaehf.device' not 'uaehd.device'. The 'hf' part isn't a typo.