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Re: Sandisk Ultra CF as Hardrive?
« Reply #44 from previous page: May 20, 2010, 11:04:24 PM »
Hi. Sorry, went out to play basketball... and later a couple of hours trying to fix WinUAE with OS3.9 (used the tutorial of Thomas but have some problem at the final step when it has to boot from the floppy... but that's another question and I think I will fix it).
About IDEfix I tried to install the one of Aminet and apply the patches and nothing, tried with my IDefix97 and nothing and tried to change both changing the drawers files with the ones of eb final and nothing. Perhaps at some point I could do any mistake, but I copied the patches to C: and made the commands for the patchs and only had a response telling they weren't for that version... I have to say that each time IDEfix crashes the Amiga I have to boot from the Install floppy, quickformat Sistem again and leave the Amiga for a very long time copying the archives from another partition and then change again the configuration of the fyle system of the partitions...
I saw the version of Aminet is 3.5, from 30.10.99, and the one of A. Forever 2006 and 2009 is another different... don't remember, but isn't the one.
 
About the OS3.9 Cd drivers I asked in my last post, but nobody told me. I need the drivers for an internal cd rom with a 4 way interface.
 
The main problem I have is that I can't boot and make the installation from the Emergency Boot, it said it didn't find SCSI device unit 3, and I was going to remake the floppy again, but now it says what doesn't find is the compact-flash. Tomorrow I will change the OS3.9 from the PCMCIA to a partition, will take out the PCMCIA and will try to make again an Emergency Boot to make a full instalation and to see if it sees the CD.
 
Sorry if I seem too ignorant, but I registered here before receiving the first Amiga in my live, and that was in march...
 
Edit:
I've found what the problem was with the WinUAE 3.9 install at the final steps: I was using Reset Workbench instead of Reset from the F12 console. Now I'll try to fix why it gets hanged while installs OS3.9...I did. It's working well now.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2010, 02:11:43 AM by Retrofan »
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Re: Sandisk Ultra CF as Hardrive?
« Reply #45 on: May 22, 2010, 12:17:44 AM »
Hello:
Only want to comment that I finally fixed the IDEfix program:laughing: with the Aminet patch and the help of mozzerfan who had previously fixed another.
 
Now the Amiga reads the cd right and I could boot from the Emergency Disk and install "again" OS3.9 over my 16GB CF.
 
The only thing that doesn't goes right is that I get a message saying "Please insert volume AOS3.9 in any drive", and it lets me the Retry/Assign/Mount/Deny/Cancel options, but I don't now how to do it.
 
I believe it can be changing the startup-sequence, but I've just realiced my "down" key doesn't work, so I can't see all with ed s:startup-sequence. Perhaps with another editor program that uses the mouse... I have to see how to use the one of Amidock... and later will have to repair the keyboard... I've found good instructions about that here:
http://www.qdev.de/?location=electronics/keyboardrepair
« Last Edit: May 22, 2010, 10:20:26 AM by Retrofan »
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Re: Sandisk Ultra CF as Hardrive?
« Reply #46 on: May 22, 2010, 11:26:59 AM »
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The only thing that doesn't goes right is that I get a message saying "Please insert volume AOS3.9 in any drive", and it lets me the Retry/Assign/Mount/Deny/Cancel options, but I don't now how to do it.


You don't know how to click on Cancel ?

After clicking Cancel it should tell you which file it is searching from the OS 3.9 CD. Run Prefs/Sound or Prefs/WBPattern or whatever and change the offending setting to a file on your harddrive. It's something you changed after booting from the emergency disk before you started the installation.

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Re: Sandisk Ultra CF as Hardrive?
« Reply #47 on: May 22, 2010, 11:52:53 AM »
Oh! Really must I press Cancel? I've been waiting seated in front of the Amiga all night waiting for someone to tell me...

 
It was very late yesterday, and coudn't copy what it says after that, but I will see when I'll arrive home... I received the message after installed the patch and booted. I made the emergency disk after that and installed OS immediately.
 
« Last Edit: May 22, 2010, 03:23:26 PM by Retrofan »
A1200, Lateral 32GB CF, internal Dvd, ACA 1230/56 with an MKII Fast ATA at 9,5Mb/s, another A1200 BPPC project in progress (more or less), and posting from my own/better C64x in my Tv using Hdmi.