CF -> IDE-device in A600

[motorollin]

daniel_swe wrote:
Will i need to do anything with the card before i plug it in to the A600 and run the install-disketts? Like partions or something?

No. The partitioning is done after the hard drive is physically installed in the Amiga and you have booted from the install disk. Just treat it like a normal hard drive.

daniel_swe wrote:
Will it manage the 1gb card?

Yes :-)

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moto

[motorollin]

One thing to add. IIRC there is a particular version of the A600 kickstart ROM which doesn't allow booting from hard drive. You might want to check what version you have (boot to Workbench, open a shell and type "version") and if you have the affected version you may want to consider upgrading your ROM chips. For reference:

- Kickstart Version 37.299: No support for ATA controller (must boot from floppy)
- Kickstart Version 37.300: Support for ATA controller (can boot from hard drives, but only supports up to 40MB)
- Kickstart Version 37.350 and up: Support for ATA controller (can boot from hard drives and supports up to 4GB)

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moto

[motorollin]

Colani1200 wrote:

motorollin wrote:
- Kickstart Version 37.300: Support for ATA controller (can boot from hard drives, but only supports up to 40MB)

I never could verify that 40 MB limit. I have 4 A600s and they all run fine with hard drives of 2GB and 4GB.

According to the Wikipedia page on the A600, "everything above this size [40MB] was a game of chance". Not entirely sure what they mean by that. Anyway, here is a link for Daniel in case he wants to upgrade his ROM chips:

http://www.vesalia.de/e_kickstart[150].htm

I did check Amigakit but couldn't find A600 ROMs on their web site.

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moto