workbench3.1 and SFS - incorrect partition sizes

[save2600]

Someone might have a better suggestion, but...

For 3.1 to properly recognize a HD larger than 4gb, you'll need to add an OS3.5/3.9 type patch in your startup-sequence called 'New Style Device' or NSDPatch. Then you have to edit the NSDPatch.config file to reflect your hardware and SCSI or IDE setup. Here's the linky:

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/NSDPatch43_20

...and maybe there's something in here you could read up on:

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/SFS

[save2600]

Complete nonsense. NSDPatch does nothing like this.

 I've woken up many a large GB hard drive with that patch. OR, am I confusing it with TD64??

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/td64patch

I'd normally cry foul here, but Thomas you are right 99.99% of the time. What "new programs" are you talking about in order for this guys HD to be recognized properly? Newer OS's you mean? OS3.9 for example wouldn't be choking this much on the sizes, but 3.1 sure does. And I'm 98% certain I used one of the two aforementioned patches in order to wake up the other partitions... I have a 3.1 partition on my 3.9 native system as a matter of fact and everything works as it should since playing around with one of those patches (unless my memory is completely pear shaped right about now). lol  Sorry to the OP for the confusion if that's the case!!

[save2600]

It's only the display which is wrong. Internally it works correctly.

Ahhh... this knowledge would have saved me hours/days/weeks trying to get the display to work correctly! I had always thought this scenario meant the OS was not handling the newer drives properly. And it did seem as if when writing to the HD (past the ranges that are incorrectly displayed), something would muck up, but perhaps that's another issue altogether. As always, thanks for the expertise and education Thomas!