How to instal 40 gig hd on wb3.9?

[jackiabu]

hi
 
i try to install a second ide hd on my wb 3.9, but no success.
 
 when i go to util in wb call mount. its recognize my hd.
but when i try to mount it its say:RIGID DISK NOT FOUND!!??
what this is means? allso i try the hd tool box, and allso there his show my hd 40 gig, but when i click install its show me the icon of think... and stuck!  any idea please?
 
thanks:)

[save2600]

You need to find yourself a HD that's not so rigid! lol  Seriously, that's pretty darn big for an Amiga setup. Search this site for help. Installing huge HD's have been discussed to death here. IDEfix97 was discussed in a thread quite recently.

[jackiabu]

You need to find yourself a HD that's not so rigid! lol Seriously, that's pretty darn big for an Amiga setup. Search this site for help. Installing huge HD's have been discussed to death here. IDEfix97 was discussed in a thread quite recently.

I really dont understand you! i just want help to try install my 40 gig hd on my wb.
 
thanks
 
p.s.
 
i found nothing here about: how to instal big hd on os 3.9! :confused:

[save2600]

Here's a linky or two for you:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26945&highlight=partitioning+hard+drive

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50628&highlight=large+hard+drive

...and from there, try typing the words 'large hard drive' or 'partitioning hard drive', 'installing hard drive', etc. in the search field. The answers are out there.

[jackiabu]

Here's a linky or two for you:
 
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26945&highlight=partitioning+hard+drive
 
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50628&highlight=large+hard+drive
 
...and from there, try typing the words 'large hard drive' or 'partitioning hard drive', 'installing hard drive', etc. in the search field. The answers are out there.

HI
 
the link to the :the guide can found here"  dont work:confused:

[rvo_nl]

Make sure the os3.9 rom update is working. use check4gb from aminet to see if everything's patched correctly. install drive using hdtoolbox in os3.9. use fixhddsize from aminet if size is not recognised correctly. I have to use the diskchange command from idefix to mount partitions above 4gb.

[save2600]

HI
 
the link to the :the guide can found here"  dont work:confused:

Sorry bro... assumed it would have still been good    

Have you installed IDEfix yet?

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/IDEfix97

...and then followed rvo_nl's advice?

[jackiabu]

Make sure the os3.9 rom update is working. use check4gb from aminet to see if everything's patched correctly. install drive using hdtoolbox in os3.9. use fixhddsize from aminet if size is not recognised correctly. I have to use the diskchange command from idefix to mount partitions above 4gb.

hi
i install IDEFIX97,check4gb,etc but then again its get (the hd) stuck
 
i all so update the hd toolbox, anyway the problem is that: i go on my wb 3.9 to hd toolbox and i SEE my hd 40 gig on the list. but when i click on install its get stuck. so the problem is not that my hd has some limt 4gig,
my hd get stuck in the hd toolbox
 
THANKS  :angry:

[save2600]

What happens when you select 'Partition Drive' instead of trying to install it?

Are there *any* DH0???, etc. Icons on the Workbench at all?

[jackiabu]

What happens when you select 'Partition Drive' instead of trying to install it?
 
Are there *any* DH0???, etc. Icons on the Workbench at all?

 
HI
 
 the partition drive is not enable for this hd! only install,
 
and there is no dh0??? on workbench desktop.

[rvo_nl]

well, if you are sure scsi.device is patched by the rom update (use check4gb to check) and the drive has correct jumper(s) set and you can only INSTALL instead of PARTITION, then.. then I am lost for ideas..

Perhaps you can do it my way: boot from cold to workbench 3.1 (disk), then install the drive (as 4gb or 8gb, obviously). then boot from your other drive into os3.9 and use fixhddsize to save correct information in RDB.
 
http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fixhddsize

[save2600]

Yeah, we might have missed something obvious here... but I am not positive about how this would be interpreted. What I mean is, if you didn't have the proper device mounted, I'm guessing HDToolBox would not have brought the drive up to be installed. But, out of curiosity, what model computer are you trying this on and what's your ribbon cable hooked to? Hooked directly to the computer or do you have a card such as a GVP or A2091 Hardcard?

And you're sure it's terminated properly? Set to last device?

[Thomas]

when i try to mount it its say:RIGID DISK NOT FOUND!!??
what this is means?

The Mounter program can only mount partitions. If you didn't create any partitions on this disk yet, then there is nothing you can mount. Rigid Disk Block (RDB) is the name of the Amiga parition table. Similar to Master Boot Record (MBR) on a PC harddrive.

allso i try the hd tool box, and allso there his show my hd 40 gig, but when i click install its show me the icon of think... and stuck!  any idea please?

There's something wrong with the drive or your computer. Check that all cables are properly connected, that the jumpers are set correctly and that enough power is supplied to the drive.

You could also try another disk if you have one. Or try to prepare the disk with WinUAE before you put it into the Amiga.

Bye,
Thomas

[jackiabu]

well, if you are sure scsi.device is patched by the rom update (use check4gb to check) and the drive has correct jumper(s) set and you can only INSTALL instead of PARTITION, then.. then I am lost for ideas..
 
Perhaps you can do it my way: boot from cold to workbench 3.1 (disk), then install the drive (as 4gb or 8gb, obviously). then boot from your other drive into os3.9 and use fixhddsize to save correct information in RDB.
 
[URL=http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fixhddsize]http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fixhddsize[/URL]

hi
 
its work like super magic!!! thank you!
i frist install as you say on cold wb 3.1, its show me 4gig, then boot whit os 3.9 and install the util fixhddsize,and its show me the all 40 gb!
this is util is MAGIC.  
 
thanks  

[jackiabu]

well, if you are sure scsi.device is patched by the rom update (use check4gb to check) and the drive has correct jumper(s) set and you can only INSTALL instead of PARTITION, then.. then I am lost for ideas..
 
Perhaps you can do it my way: boot from cold to workbench 3.1 (disk), then install the drive (as 4gb or 8gb, obviously). then boot from your other drive into os3.9 and use fixhddsize to save correct information in RDB.
 
[URL]http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fixhddsize[/COLOR][/URL]

hi
 
its work like super magic!!! thank you!
i frist install as you say on cold wb 3.1, its show me 4gig, then boot whit os 3.9 and install the util fixhddsize,and its show me the all 40 gb!
this is util is MAGIC.
 
thanks