AmiKit Real, X-Surf & 4GB+ disks

[arnljot]

I am using AmiKit on a real Amiga.

I see that AmiKit S:Startup-Sequence tests for the existence of XSurfIDE in SYS:Expansions.

If it's present it'll skip loading of the updated scsi.device in the ROM update in bb2 of OS3.9

Will XSurfIDE patch scsi.device so that NSD patch is applied so that SFS works with SmartFileSystem?

[arnljot]

Okay.

Good. Then I need to find out if Jens' X-Surf IDE for the expansion drawer will patch the internal scsi.device under OS3.9 bb2 to allow 4+ GB disks

edit:

Q:    Regarding 4GB problems, some drivers are either not being taken care of, or the solution is overkill. Is there a workaround until a fix is released in Boing Bag 1? (Controllers affected: Buddha, Catweazel IDE, FastATA, GVP SCSI, X-Surf IDE, IDEfix Express). [fixed in BB1]
A:    

Disable the following two lines in "DEVS:NSDPatch.cfg" by placing a "#" at the beginning of the line:

DEVICE scsi.device DEVICETYPE NSDEVTYPE_TRACKDISK COMMANDS 1-15,20-23,28,!22 FIXSCSIUPDATE

DEVICE 2nd.scsi.device DEVICETYPE NSDEVTYPE_TRACKDISK COMMANDS 1-15,20-23,28,!22 FIXSCSIUPDATE

The other "scsi.device" lines should be safe as they are only triggered by a certain version of "scsi.device".

[Martin Steigerwald]

http://www.gregdonner.org/os39faq/installtips.html#13

Seems that it's all good? :-/

[arnljot]

But it seems like XSurf IDE won't load if the new scsi.device is loaded from ROM Updates.

This means that I'll have to use my 8GB card off the X-Surf IDE, and just use 4GB devices on the internal IDE port, right?

[arnljot]

You should use startup-sequence V45.1 and not 45.4

Not sure what that means?

Btw, my startup-sequence is identical with AmiKit startup, but for the Binddrivers and showpicture96 commands (one commented in, the other out).

[arnljot]

Aha.

I see. My S:Startup-Sequence is like the one 45.4

What have the coders thought wrong when they deviced 45.4 and changed it from the way it was in 45.1

Should the new scsi.device always be loaded, despite the presence of IdeFix and X-Surf?