HDD equipped A500 - which WB ?

[Darrin]

Oh, yeah, ks 3.1, 8 MB RAM.

Install ClassicWB then.  It is already set up for WHDLoad (unregistered).  Just download the game packs, copy the Kickstart images into the correct folder and off you go.

You'll want the 68K version for your A500:

http://classicwb.abime.net/classicweb/68k.htm

I use this one on my Minimig, Chameleon64 and FPGA Arcade.  It is very easy to set up using WinUAE.  Just follow the instructions carefully and then transplant the drive into your Amiga.

[Darrin]

Uhm, Darrin, a little help here please.
 
I've dl-ed the Classic WB 68K as you suggested, and managed to set it up under WinUAE without a hussle. But, how do I transfer that System.hdf to my CF card ? I'm clueless.
 
I can add my card as a hard drive under WinUAE, and it says it a 399 MB drive (the CF itself is 4 GB). I tried using HDSetup and HDTools that reside on WB 3.0 install disk, but neither of them managed to partition my card. The card is either invisible or I get a message similar to: Error - this drive cannot be partitioned.
 
The installation of a WB 3.0 (again, under WinUAE) to the 399MB (why 399 MB I don't know) partition went thru. After removing all floppies and reseting WinUAE, I sucessfully booted into WB 3.0 (took only 4 MBs on the card). How to partition the card ? What's the largest partition size I can use under WB.
 
A bus full of questions, I know. (Lord AGA, feel free to jump in at any point : ) )
 
Thanks in advance to all ...

If you have the Cloanto version of WinUAE, mount your CF card as an Amiga drive under that, and use the AMISYS "HDTOOLBOX" to prep and format the CF Card (I say this because I've had problems prepping certain CF cards using OS3.1/OS3.9 HDToolbox.  You should be able to format the whole card as a 4GB Amiga drive.

Once you have it formatted, mount your HDF file containing your complete ClassicWB installation and just simply copy the contents from the HDF to the CF card root.

Pop your CF card into your Miggy and you should be good to go.