Hello. I have a strange issue. Im trying to set up my Mac emulation partitions (2 in total) coz Im eager to play around with Fusion. Im encountering a weird problem when trying to mount/init Amiga partitions using CrossMAC. I have 2 partitions on my drive that are far below the 4GB barrier. In HDtoolbox they are configured as normal SFS partitions at first. The first one is named MAC1 and the second, MAC2. Both partitions show up on Amiga Workbench after rebooting, as can be seen in the screenshot below.
So, I install CrossMAC and after installing, I enter setup again to 'Configure on an Amiga partition'. I then select my harddrive and the first of the two partitions. It shows up as 1GB which is correct. I have to give it a name so I type in: macos0: (the 0 being added automatically).
I hit okay and then... an icon appears on my Workbench. You would *THINK* it would be a new partition called 'macos0' and 1GB in size, right?
But its not. Its called MACHD1 and its 2.5GB in size. As a result I cannot mount the other partition, it will warn me I have another partition configured in this space, and it will cause a conflict and such. As you can see, from the Amiga side of things the original partitions are still there, in correct size.
Any idea how this can happen? I should add one thing: Yesterday I had configured just one partition in HDToolbox, 2.5GB in size, and labelled it MACHD1 from either Crossmac or Fusion, I cant remember. But where is it getting this info from and why is it conflicting? Snoopdos didnt really help much..
BTW, the reason for wanting 2 smaller partitions instead of one big 2.5GB partition is because its a bit more secure in case one of them gets corrupted, and because I was afraid partitions above 2GB were not supported in MacOS7.x. It kept saying it could not initialize the disk because its defective. Tips for that problem is also very welcome.