GVP Expert Prep - Write This Setup?

[KatManDEW]

If I add partitions to an unused section of a hard drive with GVP Expert Prep, and then select "Write This Setup", will it destroy existing partitions?

Also - My two current partions show up as "NOMOUNT". Should I change DH0 to "BOOT" and DH1 to "MOUNT", and will doing that destroy those partitions?

[KatManDEW]

For the record - Adding a partition with GVP Expert Prep, blew away my existing partitions.

[KatManDEW]

Only reason I was doing this was to try to get the Miggy to see more than 4 gig on the 50 gig drive, which is looking like it might be next to impossible.

I've used Partition Magic on the PC.

[KatManDEW]

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

[KatManDEW]

-D- wrote:

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.

How do I patch the OS? What's PFS3?

Thanks.

BTW: Cool avitar...

[KatManDEW]

TD64 has installation instructions for a current file system of 40.1 or 40.4, but HDToolBox says mine is 45.1...?

There are no instructions with HDInstTool. When I run it, it says "Icon not found" and then it can't find any of my devices. If I run it with a command line argument of "gvpscsi" it finds my hard drive and CD-ROM, but all the HDInstTool buttons are ghosted (unusable).

[KatManDEW]

Sure seems like the gvpscsi.device is the culprit. I've destroyed the HD and reinstalled OS 3.9 about 7 or 8 times this week :boohoo:

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

[KatManDEW]

Can I be absolutely certain that I will be able to access greater than 4 gig if I purchase PFS3?