Large IDE Harddrives using 2.x

[EdKing]

Is it possible to use larger than 4gb IDE harddrives operating under KS/OS 2.x ?  My accellerator (FusionForty) will need upgrading to work with KS/OS 3.x and I'd rather not go through the hassle if possible.

[EdKing]

Thanks for the tip and link, I just got my Amiga back out of storage after 5 years, and I am trying to get it up and running again.

Ed King

[EdKing]

I am still having problems, so I want to make sure I have all my facts straight.

I am running a 2000 OS/KS 2.0 with a Buddha IDE controller, and a FusionForty accelerator.

Can I use a drive larger than 4Gb if I make the partions smaller than 2gb ?

I am having trouble getting the drives to read and write properly with the accelerator enabled. They seem to work alright if I boot with the accelerator disabled.

Any help, insights, or info would be greatly appreciated

Ed King

[EdKing]

So If I was to use a 4.3 gig drive, and just put 2 2 gig partitions, I should be alight ?

Ed King

[EdKing]

do you mean you get checksum errors?

if so, then it sounds like the data is being sent too fast for the drive to cope with....
slow down the data stream...

Thanks for the tip, but it didn't help. I dropped the transfer rate to 1fff, and upped the buffers to 500.  The drive actually freezes up during a transfer, or if you delete a bunch of files.

[EdKing]

I don't think it's the power supply or cable, as the drive works without the accelerator. I am starting to wonder if the mother board is the problem, as it is a rev 4.? (I'd have to look at it).

Thanks for all the advice.

Ed King

[EdKing]

It ended up it was the mother board. I switched to a rev 6 board and the drive works fine. Only one small problem now, the mouse doesn't work right. Luckily I can use a pc mouse on the serial port.

Thanks for all the help.

Ed King

P.S. Does anyone have a working 2000 rev 6 computer or a 2000 rev 6 motherboard they want to sell ?