Connecting CF card to PC

[sim085]

Hi again,

The next problem I have to solve is how to connect the CF card to my PC. Unfortunately I do not have any where to connect a CF card on my PC.

Some people suggested I should buy a PCI -> CF adapter. However what about a USB -> CF adapter?

Would I still be able to format the CF card and this be recognised by WinUAE?

Regards,
Sim085

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There are a zillion USB card readers that will enable your PC to read CF cards available on the Internet and at places like Staples, Currys and PC World

[sim085]

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You got my attention

There are a zillion USB card readers that will enable your PC to read CF cards available on the Internet and at places like Staples, Currys and PC World

Yes, but are there any known problems when it comes for WinUAE to recognise the the CF card as an Amiga Harddisk?

[MozzerFan]

- Start winuae with the disableharddrivesafetycheck option ,for example "C:\Program Files\Cloanto\Amiga Forever\Emulation\WinUAE\winuae.exe" -disableharddrivesafetycheck
  (EDIT: under vista you have to start winuae as an administrator)
 
 
- Load your config and goto the harddrive section and choose addharddrive. Select the cf card. Don't forget to select the read/write option.
 
- Start emulation.

[sim085]

- Start winuae with the disableharddrivesafetycheck option ,for example "C:\Program Files\Cloanto\Amiga Forever\Emulation\WinUAE\winuae.exe" -disableharddrivesafetycheck
  (EDIT: under vista you have to start winuae as an administrator)
 
 
- Load your config and goto the harddrive section and choose addharddrive. Select the cf card. Don't forget to select the read/write option.
 
- Start emulation.

Thank you for the information. That is really helpful.

I read on some other threads that I'll need to format the CF card. Is that done from WinUAE as well or directly from Windows?

[MozzerFan]

Well, one time I had a brand new CF card that wouldn't work with WinUAE.
I had to do a full format with Windows for UAE to recognize it.
 
Once it is FAT-formatted, and you've started WinUAE, you can use HDToolbox to
partition and format it with an Amiga filesystem.
Set the SCSI_DEVICE_NAME tooltype of HDtoolbox to uaehf.device.

[sim085]

HDToolbox

From what I read on the internet this should be on Commodore Workbench 3.1 Installation Disk right?

Thanks again for all the help. I still do not have all the things in my hands so cannot really test this (although I do have Workbench 3.1 disk) but really looking forward to make this work

[MozzerFan]

From what I read on the internet this should be on Commodore Workbench 3.1 Installation Disk right?

Yes, it's on the 3.1 install disk.

[sim085]

Yes, it's on the 3.1 install disk.

Thank you for your help I'll wait for everything to arrive and then try things out.