Installing Workbench onto a GVP Impact Series II A500-HD+?

[MickTheLip]

I've just revived the GVP HDD and I have it on a A500 with the 1.3 rom.How do I install the workbench to it?At the moment I have it booting off the HDD and it boots to an Amiga DOS window Release 1.3 with the following line.  1>curser
What do I need to do now? I have formatted the HDD into 2 partitions one named Workbench the other as DH0.

 

[MickTheLip]

I've tried booting off the HDD then inserting the Workbench 1.3 disc and then typing the following.

DF0:c/copy DF0:to DH0:ALL QUIET

I then get this message come up on screen.

Can't open DF0:to for input-Error Code 205

Any pointers to what this means?

[MickTheLip]

I've manually dragged all the drawers off the Workbench 1.3 onto the DH0:partition.How do I access the startup sequence to change any DF0: lines to HD0:?

[MickTheLip]

I'll have to stop working on it tonight! Every time I enter that line and return it the HDD noise level increases so much it sounds like its trying to take off.I'll try retyping the line in with that space and see if that sorts it out as far as the syntax error goes later in the day.If I can get it sorted out on this huge 50mb HDD then when I get hold of a bigger drive I'll be adept enough to sort it.
What really gets me is the noise the drive makes is this par for the course so to speak?

[MickTheLip]

I've had various options of what to type in.The following has finally seemed to have cracked it.

1> DF0:C/Copy DF0: to DH0: ALL QUIET

The difference seems to have been C not c and spacing.
Something has at long last been (by HDD light activity) been copied across to the HDD.I'll now reboot it to see what happens!!!!

[MickTheLip]

Job accomplished it now boots through Worbench and shows 4967872 free memory.So it appears I have the RAM in the HDD being accessed as well as the i/2meg trapdoor RAM.It would also appear the Workbench is version 34.28 Kickstart Version 34.5 and also has Virus X 4.01 by Steve Tibbett installed and running on it.Dread to think how out of date that must be now.I've rebooted several times now and it is rebooting everytime with no problems.What really gets me is the noise the drive makes.Sounds like a hovermower.Thanks every body for all your input and list of reading material that will obviously be of immense help!!!

[MickTheLip]

Spoke too soon Icons do not open when clicked on and pointer freezes.Damn! Damn! DAMN!Second time I rebooted and clicked on DH0 icon and it opens but cannot open any of the drawers.Rebooted refuses to open DH0: again and pointer freezez. Something is definitely wrong here  but each reboot ends either at trying to open DH0: or trying to open one of the drawers?

[MickTheLip]

Diging about in my Software I managed to find another 1.3 Workbench disc and so I formated the HDD and reinstalled the Workbenmch 1.3 Unforunately still the same sorts of problems.Begining to think it's hardware problems.The A500 disc drive appears to be a bit sporadic and I'm thinking the Keyboard is on the blink as well. Some keys appear to lack function as well!The HDD needs a bigger HDD anyway so it looks like s complete stripdown to check everything is in place in the A500 or not.I also wonder if the trapdoor memory upgrade is also causing problems by clashing with the HDD onboard memory?

[MickTheLip]

Been exploring this A500 I got in a lot with the GVP HDD.After discovering the state of the HDD. I suppose it should not come as too much of a surprise to have found the A500 is a real heap of problems to!!! In fact the whole writeup for the sale was very economical with the truth.As far as testing went what on earth did they test? The only thing that I've found in the lot without a problem is a Robo Shift interface for Mouse and joystick auto swap.

[MickTheLip]

I've got another GVP HDD of 105mb coming the next day or so.It has 4mb of memory on board and 2 4mb chips spare. So one way or another it gives me more options to find out what is faulty and what needs replacing!!!In the meantime I'm about to commit surgery on the A500 powerpack(faulty cable with frayed wires!!!)and the A500.Will try out the HDD on the A500+ to see what happens in the meantime.Got my A2000 delivered yesterday so now got another toy to play with!!!