Guru ROM for A2000 & GVP 040?

[KatManDEW]

Anyone know where I can get an updated BIOS for my A2000 GVP 040? ("Guru ROM"?)

I have a 50 gig hard drive in my A2000, and I can't get it to use over 4 meg of the drive, even with OS 3.9. HDToolBox sees all of the drive and partitions it, but only 4 gig of it will show up in Workbench.

I tried fixhdsize from Aminet, and it says the drive is setup and working properly...

[KatManDEW]

In the "old days" (when I was younger), I could have made one of those adapter boards. But my PCB chemicals are ancient, I wouldn't want to re-leard the process, and my eyes aren't as good and my hands aren't as steady, so I ordered the 4.15 ROM.

Thanks for the help!

[KatManDEW]

What does the GuruRom offer versus the 4.15 ROM?

I couldn't find GuruRom 6.11 on EBay.

CLS2086 wrote:
Last seen on EPay GuruRom 6.11 and adapter : $99

[KatManDEW]

I've tried everything that I can find, and I can't get my GVP Geforce 040 SCSI controller to see anything past 4 gig. I've blown away the partitions trying different things, and reinstalled OS 3.9 so many time in the past couple weeks, that I can install OS 3.9 in my sleep.

Is there any chance of finding a Guru-ROM anywhere?

[KatManDEW]

zipper wrote:
Have you activated the line in Amigaos Rom update (or something like) file according to your scsi device?

I installed the Amiga ROM update with OS 3.9, but I don't know about the part you are talking about. Can you explain it any more?

[KatManDEW]

If I can't get the system to see greater than 4 gig with SCSI, I have my doubts that it will see greater than 4 gig with a SCSI->IDE adapter.

[KatManDEW]

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out ASAP. It was too nice outside today to fight with my Amiga. I had cabin fever.

[KatManDEW]

Thanks for all the info. I stumbled on all of it before. One thing that I still don't understand is whether SFS is necessary with OS 3.9?

[KatManDEW]

save2600 wrote:
No it's not. I am using FFS (I know, I know... a mortal sin) with a 16gb SCSI II HD just fine. I'm told you're not a hardcore Amiga user though unless you have PFS3 installed...   :-D

Then my GVP Geforce SCSI controller must just be 4 gig challenged, or I'm just jinxed. Either possibility is entirely possible :-D

[KatManDEW]

I can't get the full HD on my A1200 to show up either. I looked up the drive model on Toshiba's website, and it's supposed to have a formatted capacity of 15.1 gig, but I can only access 8 gig of it - 1 gig, 3 gig, and 4 gig partitions.

[KatManDEW]

Iggy_Drougge wrote:
Or you're not using a modern FFS.

Is the one that comes with OS 3.9 not modern enough?