Hard drive problem

[Thomas]

How many partitions did you create and how big are they?

Which partition is not a dos disk?

Does it help if you make the last partition a bit smaller and leave a small piece at the end of the CF card empty?

[Thomas]

Please describe the complete configuration of the Amiga. Currently I only know that it's not an A1200.

Also describe the complete configuration you used in WinUAE. What are the differences between the real and the emulated Amiga?

Can you make the partitions DOS if you format them on the real Amiga? (Quick format!)
If yes, do these partitions work in WinUAE?

[Thomas]

Let's concentrate on one problem at a time. So please keep the A2000 away for now and reply my questions about the A500. Can you make the partitions DOS if you format them on the real Amiga? If yes, do these partitions work in WinUAE?

[Thomas]

How could you know this then:

All of them are "not a dos disk", if I boot from OS3.1 floppy.

[Thomas]

Ok, then please go back to WinUAE.

On the Quickstart page select an A500 with 1 MB Chip RAM and move the compatibility slider to the rightmost position. If "start in quickstart mode" is disabled click on "Set Configuration".

Change to the Adv. Chipset page. Untick "compatible settings" and add A600/A1200 IDE. Do not change anything else.

On the ROM page select "KS ROM 3.1 (A500/A600/A2000)".

On the RAM page move Fast to 8 MB.

On the harddrives page click on Add Harddrive and select your CF card. Change HD Controller to IDE0 and tick Read/Write. Then click on Ok.

If you start this configuration, does it boot correctly or does it give you the same "not a dos disk" message?