GVP Expert Prep - Write This Setup?

[Damion]

KatManDEW wrote:
I added a partition past the 4 gig barrier, and it blew away all my partitions.

Yeah, you'll need to patch the OS in order to use the rest of your drive, or it will wrap with bad consequences. Under normal circumstances, adding new partitions won't affect the earlier (unchanged) paritions. You might be able to find a Guru-ROM depending on the GVP controller you're using, direct-scsi version of PFS3 might be another option.

[Damion]

PFS3 is a filesystem you install instead of FFS. It was commercial, but you might be able to score an unused copy here or Amibay. OS3.9 patches the scsi.device, and there's a TD64 patch on Aminet for FFS, but I have no experience with that - I've always used PFS3 (direct-scsi version) with large drives.

 

[Damion]

Matt_H wrote:
There are two components to 64-bit compatibility - the filesystem and the device driver. FFS v45 is already 64-bit friendly, but I don't believe gvpscsi.device is. I'm not sure there are any patches to bring it up to spec.

DOH! Matt_H is right, I spaced the fact we're discussing gvpscsi.device, and not the default scsi.device. (IIRC, there may be an NSD patch for gvpscsi.device, installed by 3.9 setpatch, but I have no clue if that would help you.)

PFS3 direct-scsi is probably your best bet.

[Damion]

KatManDEW wrote:

I don't think I want to shell out $60 for PFS3.

Don't shell out $60, if you're looking at the SoftHut website, they probably don't have it anymore, anyway. Keep an eye on ebay or ask around a bit.

I bought a copy from these guys several years ago for around $30... they're a little flaky, but might still have it.