Argghhh...rkauer? Somebody help...

[Mallette]

Got home early today and had decided to just format an IDE drive and get the A4000 part of SimStation up until I've time to troubleshoot it's drive/OS issue.  Assumed it would be easy since I'd managed to format a drive the other day.  Not so fast...

I seem to be going in circles again.  If I mount the drive in Windoze and issue the disablehardrivesafetycheck command, WinUAE crashes when I try to format it.  If I make it invisiable to Windoze, WinUAE doesn't see it.  AAMOF, it mounts a second copy of my C drive where it was.

Dangit, I wanna have some fun...

Dave

[Mallette]

Yep.  It's set as slave on the primary.  

Dave

[Mallette]

Same thing I successfully did the other day, mount and format an IDE drive.

I'd swear I've done the same thing:

1. Make invisible to Windozes.
2. Start WinUAE -disablehardrivesafetycheck.
3. Mount PC drives at startup.

However, if the drive has been made invisible, it does not show.  If I make it visible to Windoze, it shows, but WinUAE crashes win I try to format it.

I am assuming HDToolbox is SCSI only as nothing ever shows up to it accept SCSI drives.

Dave

[Mallette]

The SimStation (Amiga4000D) is not booting at the moment.  That's something I have to fix and I've imaged the drives for that purpose.

What I am trying to do now is get something in there to use while I deal with the original SimStation issues via WinUAE.  I cannot afford to experiment with irreplaceable software.

Dave

[Mallette]

It was easy enough the other day, but I've slept since then.

So how do I format an HDD in the 4000 with no OS?

Have to go to work at dark thirty, so that's it for tonight...

Thanks to all...

Dave

[Mallette]

Thanks guys, lots of responses.  I've had to open a second copy on another screen to be able to reply...

guru666: Yep'em, I managed to get HDF files made of the SimStation drives as well as copies to an IDE disk I managed to format.  However, I cannot format an IDE drive on the 4000D as I have no WB floppies or way to make them.  If you wish to help (and once I am up, I have rather a significant store of Amiga software I can send you a list of to reciprocate...off list, off course) the address is:
David A. Mallette
2617 Vermillion
Seabrook, Texas 77586

I do indeed have legal versions of WB 2.X and 3.X.

Thomas:  I go to My Computer>Manage>Storage>Disk Management and delete the partition.  Basically, "unprep" for Windoze.

As to formating from an icon, I am pretty sure that's how I got the one I've managed to format done.  Otherwise, it must have shown up in either WinUAE Hard Drive mount or HDToolbox, or both without any tooltype change.  However, I'll try that this evening if I have time. BTW, SCSI drives ALWAYS show up in WinUAE Hard Drive mount options.  

AMI_gfx: Drive is fine, if old and showing signs of bearing wear.  It formats and checks out OK in Windoze.  I tried both USB and slave to primary connections.  Both work (or in this case, don't) with identical results.

Again, thanks to all for the responses.  I'll keep at it until I get results.  I am most excited both to get SimStation preserved, but also to get back to using DPaint and such as productivity tools in my work for which there remain no acceptable Windoze alternatives.

Kind regards to the group,
Dave

PS - Forgot about Motorllin: That's the problem...nothing shows up in the WinUAE config Hard Drives tab except SCSI drives (if present).

Dave

[Mallette]

Well, it is formating.  Basically operator error, I am sure.  Lots of sequence to get just right for a an old Amigan for whom much water has passed under the bridge, especially when mixed with Windoze issues as well...

So, when it's done I'll be loading Workbench to get the A4000D back into service first, then I'll start trying to troubleshoot the SimStation boot issue.

More fun to come...

I am just going to copy the WinUAE system files over.  Will that work to start?

Dave