Amiga HDD Partition just became NDOS

[Everblue]

I have an Amiga 1200 with a 60GB HDD - I had previously installed a few SFS partitions and all of a sudden a couple just 'disappeared'. I tried to create them again, but they won't appear on Workbench even though they are visible in HDInstaller software.

I have subsequently created a 500MB Partition in FFS and another two 3.5 GB FFS partitions and all seemed fine.

Suddenly today, my 500MB partition suddenly became "NDOS" and I had to format it again

Any idea what the heck is going on?

Thanks!


E'Blue

[Everblue]

Hmmmm not that I know of. I cant create partitions larger than 4gb.

[Everblue]

Oh crud - makes perfect sense.

Using workbench 3.1, how can I fix it to go beyond the 8gigs limit?

Cheers

E'Blue

[Everblue]

Wow thanks a lot for the info... So just to double check I understood:

1. I create a small partition for Workbench 3.1 (100megs)
2. Install Workbench 3.1
3. Install IDEFIX
4. Create partitions of any size, including >4gib
5. Fill them with goodies


Thanks!


E'Blue

[Everblue]

Thanks a lot!

[Everblue]

Thanks Thomas!

[Everblue]

I have done exactly as stated below.

I have created an 8gig partition using HDInstTools, and check4gb  reports its size correctly. Theproblem is that when I double click the partition's icon in Workbench itstates that there are 3134 megs free, when there should be 8g. What am I missing?

Thanks

E;Blue

Thomas wrote:

Still one important step is missing:

0. Install SFS in the RDB of the drive
1. I create a small SFS partition for Workbench 3.1 (100megs)
2. Install Workbench 3.1
3. Install IDEFIX
3a. edit s:startup-sequence and replace c:idefix by c:loadide reset
4. Create SFS partitions of any size, including >4gib
5. Run check4gb to ensure everything is ok
6. Fill them with goodies

If you leave out step 3a, IDEfix does nothing for you.

Note that IDEfix is shareware which nags with registration requesters. There is a free solution, too, but it is more complicated to install. The files needed are:

http://os.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=37
http://aminet.net/package/util/sys/patchstrip
http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/FFS43.19_patch
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/LoadModule

Bye,
Thomas

[Everblue]

So, if I try to copy copy filies in the HDD, once it goes over the 3gigs, will it give me an error that the HDD is full, or it will copy everything regardless?

Thanks!