IDE-fix doesn't work

[UPZ]

I've made a copy of my HDD using DOpus but when I start from that new HDD AmigaOS recognizes only first 4 GB. If I start from old HDD everything is OK.

[rvo_nl]

do you use the ide-fix hardware device or just the software?

[spaceman88]

I've made a copy of my HDD using DOpus but when I start from that new HDD AmigaOS recognizes only first 4 GB. If I start from old HDD everything is OK.

What size HDD are you copying to and from? I use IDE-fix to connect a CD drive to my Amiga, does it also have another use?

[Thorham]

I use IDE-fix to connect a CD drive to my Amiga, does it also have another use?

Yes (see manual for details). One such use is enabling the use of more than 4GB of drive space on drives larger than 4GB (I use it for a 40GB HD and a DVD rewriter).

[UPZ]

do you use the ide-fix hardware device or just the software?

Just software.

What size HDD are you copying to and from? I use IDE-fix to connect a CD drive to my Amiga, does it also have another use?

I've copied from two sources. First is Seagate 74 GB disk. I couldn't format this one (It was discussed there http://www.amiga.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-57927.html ), as I learnt it was because Seagate HDDs mishandle IDE ports. Finally I copyed content of my old 4GB HDD with dd, but I couldn't use any other free space.
Second source was a 1GB HDD. So I made enough partitions on my new HDD (20 GB IBM Deskjet) and copied files from first and second source HDDs. All those partitions are PFS/3.
As I told before when I start from that 74GB Seagate with 20GB IBM as slave everything is OK: I can make partitions, format them, copy files etc. When I start with sole IBM HDD connected I can use only first 4GB, though boot partition on this HDD has all files copyed from that Seagate one.