Stymied by IDEfix97

[gdanko]

I have an A1200 with KS 3.1 and I am trying to install a 10 GB hard disk. I am told I first need to install IDEfix97, then install SFS to format the larger partitions. Here is the order of events I tried.

1) Install the HDD into the Amiga
2) Boot the 3.1 installer
3) Add SFS 2.3 to the HDToolBox
4) Using HDToolBox create a 1 GB partition
5) Install the OS to the 1 GB partition
6) Reboot
7) Install IDEfix (I cancelled at the CDROM install since I have none, but C:IDEfix was started)
Reboot to be sure
9) Open HDToolBox and create a new partition, changing its type to SFS in the advanced section.
10) Save disk config and reboot
11) Nothing comes up after reboot.

My first question is: If I do not have a CD-ROM drive is it safe to cancel the IDEfix installation at that point?

I checked the startup-sequence and IDEfix is loaded at boot so I know it is running.

My second question is: Is my order of events the correct method to install this combination?

I had no trouble with SFS on my 3000 and 4000 but this 1200 setup has me confused!

[gdanko]

The new partition did not show up after the reboot so I couldnt even try to format it.

[gdanko]

AmigaMance wrote:

My first question is: If I do not have a CD-ROM drive is it safe to cancel the IDEfix installation at that point?

 I think not. The point of using IDEFix is to patch the scsi.device to overcome the 4GB barrier.
 You don't need it in case you plan to utilize only the first 4GBs of your HD.

Hmmm... If I try to scan the CD-ROM obviously none comes up so the installers asks me to put the device number of my CD-ROM.. which still doesn't exist. Maybe it's just not clear in the wording of the installer.

[gdanko]

version full scsi.device shoes 1999. I modified startup-sequence to do a C:LoadIDE reset quiet so I have the right scsi.device.

So now I have IDEfix97 running as it should. HDinstTool reports the disk as an 8 GB when it is in reality a 40 GB.

I have a 1 GB FFS partition the OS is installed to. Now HDInstTool reports the 2nd partition as 7.something GB. But no matter how I try to format the partition it comes out as 2.9 GB.

No matter if I use SFSFormat, HDToolBox or HDInstTool, I get the same size after format.

Any ideas?