Need help installing CF HDD in a1200!!!!

[crawff]

Hi,

This is driving me crazy today. All i want to do is install Workbench 3.0 or 3.1 to a 4GB CF disk. (has worked in my Amiga before but deleted partition by mistake)

This is what i have done so far.

Connected my CF card to my PC,
Booted up Winuae
Changed the config to Roms: 3.0, 4meg Ram expansion,
Added my CF card as a Hard disk (type: UAE, Read/write YES)
I then booted into Workbench, loaded installer disk.
Clicked on "Information" on the HDToolBox icon and changed the SCSI.device to uaehf.device.
Loaded HDTools, I can now see a device, i then clicked on change drive type.
I click on read partitions etc...and type Ram:Junk for the name.

I then created 3 partitions, DH0 (bootable),DH1 and DH2. All of these had Max transfer changed to 0x1fe00.

I save the changes and reboot in Winuae and all is great, i can see the 3 partitions and have the option to format them and install Workbench.

I then remove the CF card and put back into my Amiga and switch it on and it just loads the purple kickstart prompt. I then load workbench installer and try HDtoolbox.

Nothing is recognised at all, all of the options are ghosted. When i click on the information for HDtoolbox it does recognise something (Stack: 4096, Blocks:205,SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=scsi.device.

I have tried everything today and cannot get the CF disk recognised

Can anyone help me out here? what am i doing wrong?

Thanks

[crawff]

Hi,

Im not even trying to install ClassicWB just yet or any OS.

The hard disk is not being recognised at the moment so this is what i need to fix first before attempting to install the OS.

I did check that the CF card is seated correctly and it all appears to be fine.

I spent nearly the whole day trying different things but no luck yet...

[crawff]

thanks for the reply,

Yeah i had already installed Workbench 3.1 on the drive and it all works fine in Winuae. It boots to DH0 and shows my other 2 formatted partitions.

When i took the CF card out containing this data and put back into my a1200 the HDD is not being seen by the Amiga.

The HDD is not recognised by HDToolBox when booting into Workbench using my WB install floppy disk.

If i mount the card in Winuae it will work perfect as a Hard disk file.

[crawff]

I agree it might sound confusing but let me try summarise.

The CF card with 3 partitions works fine in Winuae.
The same CF card is not recognised in HDToolsBox in the real amiga 1200.

HDtoolbox cannot see anything. it is 100% blank and all options ghosted out.

I know the card works because it was working fine in my amiga before i deleted the bootable partition by mistake.

Hence the reason i am now trying to do a clean install.

Thanks

[crawff]

Hi Smerf,

I had done everything you have said but the HDToolbox cannot find anything.

[crawff]

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Am i missing any drivers?
Should i try formatting the card using the PCMIA slot?
Is my hardware at fault? (even though it boots up fine)
Am i doing things correctly so far?

Im stuck on this one :-(

[crawff]

Good news!!

It is all working!!!

I did a couple of things but not sure what fixed it.

I still had my 3 partitions named DH0,DH1 and DH2. When i did the did formatting i called them the same (DH0, DH1 and DH2.)

I formatted each partition again but this time used the names "Workbench", "Games 1" and "Games 2".

I also removed the IDE cable and put it in again.

I then put the card back in and when i booted the workbench disk the 3 partitions were there!!

Now, I'm not sure if it was the renaming of the partitions or simply taking the IDE and putting back in which actually fixed the issue.

Any thoughts??

[crawff]

Thanks for your help :-)