Getting data from PC to Amiga

[allanmb]

I have an A1200 which had a 3.5" IDE hard drive in it.  I tried to get this working with an IDE cdrom drive at the same time but with no luck.  For some reason it could detect audio CDs but not data CDs (ones burnt on a PC).

I got a Compactflash adapter and 4GB card which I installed last night - its weird having a completely silent Amiga with the performance of the HD!  

I had the idea of having a 1GB FAT partition which hopefully both the PC and Amiga could read but the PC doesnt detect the different drives on the CF card :-(

I hate relying on PC formatted floppy disks as they always seem to get corrupt very easily.  I have heard that Linux can read AFFS drives - it would be great if there was a bootable CD I could put into the PC which would boot into a simple linux OS which would be able to access my PC hard drive and the partitioned CF card.  If thats not possible then I could setup a machine with Linux if it is going to work...

So, What is the best way to get data from my PC to the Amiga?

Many Thanks
Allan

[allanmb]

I will give that a try, even if it just to transfer files as I now really like having the Amiga completely silent :-)

Thanks
Allan

[allanmb]

Thanks, I have just ordered one :-)

Allan

amigakit wrote:
The  
EasyADF PCMCIA Multi-Card Transfer Kit is a great way of transferring data from PC to Amiga:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=865

[allanmb]

Thanks for all the info guys.  I cant wait to get home tonight and try it out :-)

[allanmb]

I just noticed I had order 9997, almost 10,000 !

amigakit wrote:
Many thanks :-)

[allanmb]

Ok, I got the EasyADF kit today, fast delivery, thanks!  However I cant get it working.  I followed the instructions and I can see a green light on the PCMCIA adapter but when I try to go to CF0: in shell it says there is no disk in the drive.  I am using a Sandisk Extreme III 1GB CF card which according to windows is formatted to FAT file system.  Is there something else I need to do?

Thanks
Allan  

amigakit wrote:
The  
EasyADF PCMCIA Multi-Card Transfer Kit is a great way of transferring data from PC to Amiga:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=865