Back to some CF problems ...

[MozzerFan]

Hi,
 
The problem is this; HDToolBox is recognising the CF card without any problem. I can partition and change the MaxTransfer value without any problem as well. I then Save the settings and reboot. However on bootup it seems as if nothing happens! In other words the partitions DH0: and DH1: do not appear on desktop!!
 
Sim085

Type "info" in a shell and see if the disk is mounted.
If it is mounted, try to format it from the shell.
Type the following from the shell:
 
Format Device=DH0: name FFS INTL QUICK
 
 
If it still doesn't work, it's no problem to partition/format it on the amiga with faaastprep and copy the needed files in WinUAE.

[MozzerFan]

Actually I can not even transfer a single file from my PC to the CF card. I tried to transfer 'Installer' into Sys:C. However when I reboot before Workbench comes up I get an error ... something about bad header section! After that I can not transfer anything else!
 
I am lost! ... After installing Workbench from A500+ WinUAE seems ok, but after trying to move files this happens

 
Have you used Fastprep or HDToolbox.
 
If you used Fastprep, try to format the Card to Fat32 on your pc and try to partition it with HDToolbox under Winuae. Try to format from the shell (see my previous post).
 
Use a maxtransfer size of 'FE00' just to be sure.

[MozzerFan]

Can I re-partition from A500+ and then I load CF card from WinUAE and change the MaxTransfer to 0x1FE00? - btw ... it is 1fe00 or fe00? I am asking just to confirm.

 
Yes that is possible.
 
I'm using '1FE00' myself, but to be absolutely on the safe side you can also use 'FE00' .

[MozzerFan]

BTW you can also try to use HDToolbox on your real Amiga.
 
Just boot with the 3.1 install floppy and change the the device tooltype of hdtoolbox to gvpscsi.device.

[MozzerFan]

It's either the CF card itself or the cardreader.
 
It's not a good sign that you cannot format the card under Windows XP.
 
If possible, test it with another cardreader.

[MozzerFan]

Try to format the card under vista, and if that works partition and format the card under winuae.
 
If the NDOS icon doesn't show after you partitioned it, try to format the card from a shell.
This is the way you did it the first time, and that worked, so I think you should try it that way.