Format Compact Flash with winuae

[Snoozy]

Hi guys,
 
I need some of your advice again. I am attempting to format a 2gb Sandisk CF card which is connected to my pc via usb CF reader/writer.
 
So...I'm in Winuae v 1.6.1 and i've disabledharddrivesafety on loading winuae.( I'm using an older winuae to help support CF formatting)
 
Why is "Add harddrive" always greyed out? :madashell:
 
How can i add my CF for formatting?? I can add my CF as a directory and when i load up WB (via system.hdf) i can see my CF in WB but i can't get my CF formatted and partitioned - i have tried HDToolBox (and changing the SCSI name) but when i click read configuartion it says its not an SCSI supported device.
 
This has been winding me up :furious: these past few days so any help would be appreciated
 
Incidentally i seem to have read through 3 or 4 different tutorials and each seem to have slighly different methods of dealing with this Argh! Is it it me or does this whole interface for formatting CF cards via winuae seem slightly clumsy!

[Snoozy]

Hi thomas, thanks, i have done all you said.
 
How do i find the CF in Amiga WB and then format and partition the drive. I can't seem to get HDToolbox to recogise the CF card
 
Ok desiv !! Don't worry if i do that i won't have to worry about anything else with my pc!! I won't have a PC!! Maybe i should be trying this on a friends computer!!

[Snoozy]

hi desiv,
 
What device did you choose for the HD in the WinUAE config? I added as a harddrive like thomas said. What name should i call it? Do i need to edit the properties of it before i go into WB and HDToolBox?

What is the SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=? in your HDToolbox properties?

 
SCSI_DEVICE_NAME uaehf.device
 
Have i missed out a _ or \ or . somewhere :roflmao:
 
What exactly should i have in the HDToolBox > Icon > Information box :confused:

[Snoozy]

Hey Amiten,
 
Yes i have heard a few quotes for using install WB 3.1 adf, I have looked everywhere for WB 3.1 install adf online, now considering i owned my own copy of it before my parents threw it away :cry: i should have no qualms about using it on winuae! But i know we shouldn't really be discussing this on amiga.org !
 
Hmmm...do i really need wb 3.1 install adf? I thought that was mainly for accessing HDToolBox, which is already on my WB i have installed on my virtual winUAE amiga!
 
There seems to be such a conflict of opinions about how to go about formatting and installing WB3.1...some ppl doing it with winuae, some doing it on their own 1200 and some a combination of them both arggh! :rolleyes:
 
I have just done all you said amiten and i am getting an eror 28 when i do a low level format of the drive??
Should i reformat the CF with FAT32??

[Snoozy]

hmmm something seems to have gone wrong with my Sandisk 2.0gb now Windows recognises it as zero K and won't let me format it "Windows unable to complete format" :confused:
 
Is this because i used diskclean earlier on??

[Snoozy]

hi is that program in english, i dare not use it in another language for the risk i would place at my pc!!

[Snoozy]

Hmmm amiten,
 
If you keep the site in german then the download link works (with the program in german argh!) If you change the site to English the download no longer works! :angry:
 
Can someboady explain to me why my CF has suddenely gone to a capacity of 0k!! How do i get it back to 2gb? (Windows won't let me format it now:confused: )

[Snoozy]

hi, if i do that the language comes out in german and the program becomes unusable to me.
 
How do you change to english on the program?

[Snoozy]

Nothing will work on formatting my 2gb sandisk now, ever since i used the disk clean recommmended by thomas my sandisk 2gb seems corrupted. Cannot be formatted in windows or with your program amiten.
 
What has happened to my 2gb sandisk :angry:

[Snoozy]

Windows no longer recognises my CF. Neither does the program disk clean.
 
I think i need to format the CF in dos to try and reover it. How do i do this?
 
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?
 
I also cannot format it under diskclean, but i can still clean it!!

[Snoozy]

Hi desiv,
 
I have the CF recognised in winuae but when i come to format it it just says I/O error 28, or I/O error 5.
 
The 2gb CF card is now unformattable in windows 7 and i think i am going to take the card to my local CF dealer for him to reformat it. Surely it can't be right for windows to see the card as 0 bytes when you double click on it but as 1.9gb in disk management. :confused:
 
Would it be fair to say that i only ever needed the CF card in Windows 7 format of Fat 32 and then i could have proceeded to format in winuae now that i have the correct settings.
 
I feel like disk clean etc has not done any good for my Sandisk whatsoever. :confused:

[Snoozy]

Thomas,
 
I have followed your instructions to the letter, i have cleaned the cf card again, opened winuae 2.3.3 via administator added system hdf as a hardfile to load wb, and added my cf 2gb card below this as a hardrive with read/write checked. The drive is recognised and read ok and i can partition it to either 2 980mb or 1 large 1.9gb BUT when i click on low level format i just get error code -5 :madashell:
 
SCSCI=uaehf.device
 
So what is wrong?
 
Maybe i should take up amiten offer and allow him to remotely do this for me ?

[Snoozy]

ahh, i see. Progress..
 
Done all that, i now have "Empty" on my Wb. So then should i change the name "Empty" to DH0: and then copy Wb files over via dopus. (I think my system hdf file is mounted as DHO: hmmmm)
 
Edit: Ah ha, done it now and it boots fine in the A1200. Thanks Thomas for your advice

[Snoozy]

Hi, i am looking to change my max transder rate to 0x1FE00 to ensure the CF card works appropriately. So i am in Winuae - whenever i try to change this in the partition/advance options menu i change "Max transfer box" to 0x1FE00 and then click ok but it never seems to save and defaults to its original setting...grrr...how do i do this?
 
The CF card has been freshly formatted and once i've done this i aim to reinstall wb.
 
Can someone please advise?

[Snoozy]

Hi bbond007, thanks for your help.
 
why 1fe00 rather than 0x1fe00?
 
Is it ok to use lower case aswell?