Workbench installation... knowledgebase?

[RedWarrior]

amigaguy wrote:

install df0:

(This will make it so the floppy will boot when you reset the machine. )

Copy the files you need from the HD to the floppy, reset, and you should have a booting install disk.

>>>>>>>>>Which files... pray tell?<<<<<<<<<<<<

  Once I get the hdd mounted, recognised and formatted... I can use WinUAE to transfer the rest. (supposedly)

  In another thread I was told not to attempt hooking 2 drives up via an unbuffered IDE interface...  has this policy changed? I don't really want 2 destroy drives.

my list from my trial and error experiment thus far includes:

df0: (installed)
c/mount
c/type
c/path
c/format
loadwb

devs/mountlist
hdtoolbox

but it still isnt working...  not sure which commands i need or how to use them.  This is driving me nuts.

[RedWarrior]

My mountlist is blank!

Copying files from the existing wb2 hdd.. i've noticed that my mountlist is an empty file!

Do I need all those command mentioned earlier for the wb1.x setup? Or will my wb2 files be smarter than that?

should my startup sequence have something along the lines of

assign >nil: dh0: exists

or something like that?

I'm trying everything here... someone has done this before surely...

[RedWarrior]

DH1:   device = scsi.device
                Unit = 0
                Flags = 0
                /*! ReadOnly = FALSE */
                Surfaces = 6
                BlockSize = 512
                BlocksPerTrack = 252
                Reserved = 2
                Interleave = 0
                SectorsPerBlock = 2
                LowCyl = 273 ; HighCyl = 4497
                PreAlloc = 0
                Buffers = 80
                BufMemType = 0
                DOSType = 0x444f5305
                MaxTransfer = 130560
                Mask = 0x7ffffffe
                BootPri = -128
                Mount = 0
                /*! Bootable = FALSE */
                /*# BootBlocks = 0 */
#

Note that this comes from OS3.9 and it's one partition ripped out of context. My guess is that scsi.device doesn't exist on WB1.2, so you need to replace that with whatever. DOSTYPE is wrong; you want FFS, I run SFS (atleast under OS3.9 FFS is: 0x444F5303). You want "mount=1" (auto mount). Max transfer should probably be decreased. Also: "Bootpri=10",  "Bootable = TRUE".

To mount you write in CLI: "Mount DH0:"
Then you should be able to format it. Format is a bit bitchy about parameters. You need to write like:

Format DRIVE DH0: NAME "Hubba" FFS

@general public: Does he need to "Install" to make it boot?

1> assign >NIL: DH0: exists
1>


that's as much success as I've had.

1>mount dh0:
ERROR: 'Sectors PerBlock' is not a valid keyword
               (file 'DEVS:MountList'. line10, column 1)

At least it's getting closer!!  

1>Format DRIVE DH0: NAME "Hubba" FFS
Format Failure: device (or volume) is not mounted.


Any mountlist champions online?

wb2.x

[RedWarrior]

Deleted "buffmemtype" and other invalid keywords...

1> mount dh0:
1>

omg... it worked?

1> format drive dh0: name "please" ffs
Format Failure: object is not of required type

>:-(

hdtoolbox still says "Driver not installed" also.

 :-?

[Jagabot]

Why don't you just get yourself the WB2.1 disk set online somewhere? Failing that, ask somebody (such as ME), and I can send you a set either by postal mail, or I could figure out how to adf up a set and email them to you. I'm a real noob when it comes to moving files between my Amigas and my PCs; even though I own Amiga Explorer, I still dunno how the hell to network a 1200 to my pc without actually using a nic.

You should have gotten that disk set with the Amiga, so I look at this as a really late support service from a Commodore authorized support center.  ;-)

If you want/need the disks, just ask.

[JetRacer]

Ok, posting that mountlist entry probably wasn't such a good idea.

You can format 720KB with your Amiga. If you're lucky you will find an Icon labeled PC0 in "devs:dosdrivers/". Double-click it to mount it. Or using CLI/Shell "mount PC0: from devs:dosdrivers/PC0", or wherever it's located. Perhaps "sys:storage/dosdrivers/".

In HDToolsBox you can save your HDD mountlist manually.

"Assign" has nothing to do with it. It makes virtual references to paths. Like "ENV:" points to "RAM:env".

The only thing you need for (bare bones) launching the workbench in a usable state is "C:LoadWB". There will be error requesters, but nothing fatal. Anything beyond LoadWB just enables can't-live-without type of features.

[chris]

hdtoolbox still says "Driver not installed" also.

Check the tooltypes, you should have a line which reads:
DEVICE=

The should be scsi.device.  If it isn't, change it!

Chris

[borat]

Sorry for dragging back up such an old post, but being an Amiga n00b, I feel the need to contribute something helpful.

Download the program WinImage from here
http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm

This program will allow you to format 720k dos disks on Windows Xp. Been working like a charm for me