HD Size with Amiga?

[bon]

So you suggest I just use SFS? But how you explain the read errors I got ONLY from OS 3.9 and not 3.5 or previous??? Is it because of the A1200's IDE Interface?

[Agafaster]

I get that too !

well I did, as I have now moved the 20Gig disk into the AmigaOne.
but I would still be interested in the fix. there were some notes in the boingbag2 or the os3.9 install amigaguide, but they didnt make a lot of sense at the time.

/edit
forgot to say that I was using the IdeFix'97 board and software from Jens Schönfeld (via power computing !), and OS3.9 BB2.

[steidley]

> Never use full format, it is a 32 bit command it
 > doesn't understand track disk 64.
 > Use quick format also modern drives do not use
 > full formats.


right... I know that now.  The problem is... I did use the full format... before I knew not to use it.  Does anybody know how to fix the drive after that?

[kgrach]

if it is IDE  try sticking it into a pc, partition and format it that way.  I have done that in the past to fix dead Amiga drives.  For SCSI  I have connect it to a Phase 5 card with the power plug out. Power up the machine, load SCSI prefs, plug in HD and rescan the SCSI bus so the system sees the wrecked drive.
now you reinstall drive. that should recover the drive.

[steidley]

It is an IDE drive, and I did stick it in a PC to format it.  Once formated, I stuck it back in the Amiga.... No luck

HD toolbox sees the drive, and I am using the SFS as a file system.  I have tried masks of 0x00FFFFFF, FE, FC.  These don't seem to have an effect either way.

What is soooo  frustrating is that I know this drive will work.  I have seen the icon on the screen.  I just screwed something up by doing a full format.  If there was only an Undo!  

A couple of people have mentioned "reinstalling" the drive.  Is this the "install" button on the HDToolbox.  I have done that a number of times.  It doesn't seem to help.

[Gaidheal]

There may be a better way, but if it were me...

I'd stick the drive in a PC, FDISK it to a single partition, fomat it FAT32, install a nice quick Windows OS (e.g. 95 - quick to INSTALL not use!)  and check it is all working fine... then FDISK it again and try it in the Amiga WITHOUT attempting to format it again on the PC..

Hopefully you would then see the drive electronically and could format it (quick) on the Amiga.  You would also know that it is fully working (assuming it did) and merely needs to be properly configured for the Amiga or vice versa.

[steidley]

I was able to do that.  And the PC was able to see it and use it.  When I then stick it back into the Amiga... The same thing happens.  HDtoolbox sees it, will install it, will partition the drive using the SFS.  But when I reboot so that I can get it mounted, the drive light comes on and stays on for ever (most of a day before I final reset it).  

As stated earlier, I tried a variety of masks that are sugested in the SFS guide.  That didn't seem to change things.

When I first started all of this (before the full format), I never messed with masks or transfer speeds or anything.  It worked great... right up to the point of the full format!  

I don't know... people have had some realy good ideas as to fix this, but I sure am having poor luck with this.

[Framiga]

by steidley on 2003/7/9 4:25:14

I installed an 80Gig HD. I thought it was going to work just fine... Then I did a full format. Not the Quick, wich I have since read in a couple of places is the way to do it. Now the drive doesn't work.

Any ideas as to a fix?

Try to replace the flat cable and/or use another shorter one.

Some modern and large disks, requires hi quality flat cable (on Pegasos also).

Ciao