Author Topic: Format Compact Flash with winuae (Read 20792 times)

desiv · « **on:** October 26, 2011, 10:04:44 PM »

Quote from: Thomas;665276

list disk (remember the number of the CF card in the list)
select disk n (replace n by the number of the CF card)
clean

Take care also..
The above is wiping the CF card..
Don't choose the wrong disk..

desiv

desiv · « **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:42:16 PM »

Quote from: Snoozy;665278

! Maybe i should be trying this on a friends computer!!

Always a good idea!! :lol:

What device did you choose for the HD in the WinUAE config?
What is the SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=?

in your HDToolbox properties?

desiv

desiv · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:16:27 PM »

Quote from: Snoozy;665281

SCSI_DEVICE_NAME uaehf.device

Just a missing = sign..
SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=uaehf.device
(I think, not in front of the Ami currently.)

If you have that and selected UAE in WinUAE when you added the CF card, it "should" show up when you run HDToolbox....

I've heard some people choose IDE0 or IDE1 in WinUAE and scsi.device for HDToolbox..

desiv

desiv · « **Reply #3 on:** October 27, 2011, 08:43:38 PM »

Quote from: Snoozy;665326

If i look under disk management in windows i can see my 1.86gb as disk 7 but it has a black bar next to it saying unallocated, argh!! How do i get my CF back on line?

That's not a bad place to be...
You don't want Windows to see any partitions.
You want the Amiga in WinUAE to see an empty drive and then you can put AmigaDOS partitions on it...

So, you just need to work on, why is WinUAE not seeing it..

Double check the UAE and uaehf.device settings..
If that doesn't work, try changing UAE to IDE0 (or IDE1) and use scsi.device in HDToolbox.

Also, what OS are you running? In XP, I just use an older WinUAE and the disablesafety (I can't remember exactly what it is) flag when I start it.

If you're using a newew OS, you probably REALLY need to make sure you're running it as Administrator. (Thomas mentioned using the runas on the menu)

desiv

desiv · « **Reply #4 on:** October 28, 2011, 12:24:33 AM »

Congrats!

desiv

desiv · « **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2011, 05:04:17 PM »

Quote from: bbond007;666320

What is wrong with device name being the same as the volume name? I have one (formatted with PFS) that is both BACKUP and I have never had a problem with it. I'm not arguing that it is OK, I'm just wondering why

Your device name wasBACKUP?

I thought device names were always something like DH0, IDH0, DF0, DF1, etc...

I don't know that it's hideous to name your volume DH0, but I would think it could lead to problems/confusion and just isn't a good practice...

desiv