setting up sfs problems

[Chartus]

I'm trying to install SFS on a 20 gig hard drive for use in an A1200.  I start winuae with a 3.1 install  floppy image.  Change HDtoolbox to uaehf.device and save.  doubleclick on HDtoolbox, change drive type , define new, change the name to ram:junk click read configuration;  information changes as expected,  click on continue, OK,OK,  save changes to drive.

It errors out saying that I still have PC partitions or don't have administer privaleges

I ran UAE as administrator and I have cleaned the drive beforehand so what is the problem?

Any ideas.

[Thomas]

After cleaning the card, pull it out and plug it in again.

For some cards it helps if you create a PC partition and delete it again so that the card has no partitions but a PC partition table.

Disable the anti-virus software, it might protect the boot block.

[Calimeiro]

How did you clean the drive? Did you use "diskpart"?

[sm3]

How did you clean the drive? Did you use "diskpart"?

Yes, "diskpart". You'll have to use it if Windows complains it's still being used.

list disk
select disk number
clean

[Chartus]

Yes I used diskpart to clean the drive. It reported that it successfully cleaned the drive.
  I am using a usb cable to set things up so removing it after cleaning might do the trick.  I didn't even think about the antivirus protection though.
  I will give it a try after I get off work later.
  Thanks everyone.

[Chartus]

I got past the windows problems by connecting the hard drive up to my 1200.  
So now its got its RDB set up.

So how do I create partitions bigger than 4 gig with hdtoolbox.  Some updated scsi.device or something.

[Aussiholden]

Watch this video, it will explain it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqUiNARd-bg

[Calimeiro]

Thomas offers lots of information about 4GB barrier and filesystem limitations.

Worth reading.

Homepage of Thomas

[Chartus]

I found that video before when I was looking for help but when he said he was using wb3.9 I always stopped.  I finally watched
the complete video and it does help after about 12 minutes so I should be able to get things going with my 20 gig drive

What is better from a memory standpoint.  SFS or PFS3.  I ask because I have limited memory at the moment (A1200 using a 2Mb SRAM card)

[Calimeiro]

I'm using SFS. Others prefer PFS.
It's more a question of personal preference as  both do fine. I've used PFS before it became available for free.
Did not make a big difference.
From my experience, stick a note to the drive or somewhere in sight what filesystem is installed in what flavor.
Once i had problems to recover rdb. I had forgotten which fs was installed.
Needless to say i f*cked up entire partition table and disk on my attempts.