AdIDE how the...?

[Lokki]

Thanks for all the help everyone.
I'm running the latest version of the install disk, it also has a handy configuration program which reads the drive and updates icdfmt.dat with the drive details (although it wipes the drive when it does it).
It's the 3.5inch drive version, running a Seagate 130 Mb drive.
And with how user-friendly it's being at the moment I don't think I'd wish it on an enemy just now.
Unfortunately I've only got the one other wise I'd switch them to make sure it's not a bad unit. It shouldn't be, as the drive can get a certain distance into things before it gets upset, has to be a configuration problem.
I'll keep in mind that you're looking for one though, for when I'm ready to give up.  :-)
I'll have another crack at it in daylight, it's 3am and I've honestly had enough for the moment.

[Azryl]

If there is a WorkBench 1.3 installed onto the drive, delete the s:startup_sequence

also in C: delete the setpatch program

hopefully this will stop the guru problem
>altho this should have all been overwritten when you copied the 2.1 disks<

Az

[TjLaZer]

Hardware Manual almost done..

[Lokki]

Thanks, TJLazer! Hugely appreciated!

[TjLaZer]

Here is the Hardware manual!

[rkauer]

One tip to you:

Untill ROM 3.1, all Amigas have some problems booting from 3.5" hd units: sometimes the Amiga don't wait for time enough to the harddrive spins up!:-o

In those cases, you must do a hot-reboot (CTRL + L_Amiga + R_Amiga) 30s after the first boot to "fix" the issue.:-D

Only with 3.1 ROM those annoying "features" don't occurs.... :pissed:    

[Lokki]

Ah, interesting that.
It wasn't fixed in 2.05?

I'm unable to do warm reboot either, it still gurus... I'm going to have to start again I think.

[TjLaZer]

I do have 3.1 in my 500 and it seems to work ok.  I do have one issue though, after a Guru, it will not reboot.  I have to do a CTRL A + A to force it.  Other than that it works fine!  Prepped the HD in 1.3 to begin though, not sure if that was the key...  Try KS 1.3 to prep it, then swap ROMs.

[Lokki]

You know, that might do the trick. Thanks for the suggestion, mate.

[Lokki]

The plot thickens... I couldn't get 1.3 ROMs to function in my revision 6 A500, and couldn't be bothered modifying things, so I dragged out one of the Rev5 boards and installed the AdIDE in that. It boots to DH0. Consistently and well. Copied my Amiga Forever boot disk onto the drive (copy df0: dh0: ALL) and rebooted, works perfectly.
Now I'm going to fit the 2.04 ROM to this board and see what happens...

[Lokki]

Bah. As soon as I use my 2.04 ROM I start hitting problems.
It will boot to DH0: and do everything properly until I start a CLI... then we guru.
If I try to use my workbench 2.1 disk to boot.... then we guru.
At least I know it isn't the modified revision 6 board that's doing it.

[TjLaZer]

Try installing 2.x from scratch.  Move all files from SYS: to a folder called backup and copy the WB disk to it.  Though it should boot to WB 2.  Is the disk modified at all?   Use a fresh disk and see what it does.  Maybe just get a 3.1 ROM?  I have one FS.

[Lokki]

It's my untouched WB2.1 that I'm trying to boot to now and still no go. I'm starting to remember how much I hate the Guru screen.
I'm going to see if I can re-prep DH0 while the 2.04 ROM is installed and see what happens then, otherwise I'll reinstall KS1.3 and start from scratch with it, see if I can convince it to play nice.
Thanks for the offer, I bought a bunch of chips from a bloke in Germany and am just waiting for them to turn up so I can fit them. KS3.1, ECS Denise and Paula and a few others. Also a couple of spare KS2.04 ROMs, I'll try them also just to make sure it's not my ROM causing this.

[Lokki]

It has to be some sort of configuration problem, I've tried it in 7 different A500s (purely because I'm frustrated) and it works with 1.3 ROMs in each of these, but gurus with 2.04 ROM.
At least as an auto-booting drive.
If it's set to not boot (1.2 jumper) then it will load up fine and works quite well when I mount it in workbench 2.1

[rkauer]

Your problem with 2.05 ROM may caused by the ROM revision!

Do you use what kind of ROMs? Version 37350 have no use in A500/+. Neither 37300. Prefer versions under it (i.e. 37299 or less). Versions ~300 and ~350 have the internal IDE controller of the A600 inside, who could cause problems with another controllers...

[TjLaZer]

Not sure why you keep trying with KS 2.04, just use 1.3 or 3.1 and be done with it.  2.x sucks anyhow