SFS for hard drives larger then 4 gig. How to install?

[tonyvdb]

How do I go about getting the SFS instaled on a amiga SCSI drive thats larger then 4 gig? I have OS3.5 installed

[amigagr]

sfs
first backup the os and any other files in other partitions you have.(if you want to use it in other partitions  of course.) copy file SmartFileSystem in L: dir. run hdtoolbox select the hard disk click partition drive and then click add/update. there you click add new... and select the file from L:. add as identifier 0x535465300. click ok and select the desired partiton. click change select SFS\00 as filesystem and add 512 block size. click ok. click save. reboot and boot with the emergency disk or install3.1 or workbench3.1 to format the drive. do a standard format not quick. copy files back. you done it.

[tonyvdb]

Ok thanks,
I tried that and where it lets me enter the "identifire" when I enter 0x535465300 it wont let me place that many charictures in the box it stops me at 10 and I need 11 to do that :-?

[amigagr]

remove the sfs and do it again. must work ok from the start though... did you get the right sfs 1.254 version?

[tonyvdb]

I beleave so... I also went and installed the update thats available. v2.3

[amigagr]

no don't do it, it's not compete yet, lots of bugs

[tonyvdb]

Ok thanks I will revert back to the other one

[Thomas]

I tried that and where it lets me enter the "identifire" when I enter 0x535465300 it wont let me place that many charictures in the box it stops me at 10 and I need 11 to do that

It should be 0x53465300, exactly 10 characters:

0x = sign that hexadecimal digits follow
53 hexadecimal ASCII code for "S"
46 hexadecimal ASCII code for "F"
53 hexadecimal ASCII code for "S"
00 null character

Bye,
Thomas

[tonyvdb]

Ok, I have hooked up my second SCSI drive to the Cyberstorm, did a low level format of it and did the SFS install as described above. I have placed several partitions on that drive but when I rebot the drived do not show up on my Workbench screen? but when I go into my SCSI toolbox it is there and all the partitions are there. What did I do wrong?

[Piru]

Forgot to tick 'Mount' for the partitions?

Forgot to quickformat the partitions?

Using conflicting devicenames for the partitions? (There can be only one DH0 for example. I often prefix the devicenames on different disks with Q, Z or S for example)

[tonyvdb]

OOPS! I guess a person has to do a cold reset of the Amiga I was doing soft resets My bad. It worked after I shutdow and restarted. :roll:

[tonyvdb]

Hmmmm...It still will not let me format any partitions above the 4 gig limit? I can see the partitions on my workbench but it won't finnish formating the partition above 4gig it stops about 27% in, Im not sure why this is?

[Piru]

Don't ever use regular format for partitions crossing or above the 4GB limit or you will destroy the RDB of the disk.

You must use quickformat, always.

If you already did it, the partitions will be gone after reboot.

[SIR-GERMAN]

how do i format with sfs
what do i have to do after i add the sfs to the hardrive

[SIR-GERMAN]

how do i format with sfs
what do i have to do after i add the sfs to the hardrive