PFS-AIO help

[Chartus]

just setting up an 8gig CF card and have a question.

 How do I format the partitions? Just quickformat?

if its something else tell me what and how to type it.

[Thomas]

How do I format the partitions? Just quickformat?

Yes, just quick format. You should get an About requester when formatting a partition. That's the best way to see that installation was successful.

You might want to use the utilities which come with PFS3_53 to increase file name size from 30 to 106 and to change the deldir size if needed.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I used pfsformat in the 53 tools archive on Aminet. I thought the standard format command doesn't support partitions above 4GB?

[Thomas]

Doesn't matter with quick format. Quick format is done by the file system.

[Chartus]

Thanks...  I got it partitioned.

Now the problem.  I am using Dopus to copy files to the new partition but I can't get it to select the partitions.  Is it because of the new filesystem

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Try to access them with something other than DOpus?

[Chartus]

What do you think might work?  I tried the shell  but I didn't get very far.  Would the copy command work?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

What do you think might work?  I tried the shell  but I didn't get very far.  Would the copy command work?

You said "I can't access them with Dopus". I said "try to access them with something other than Dopus". Sorry if I took your words too literally, but if you can't access them with one tool, you need to find out if the problem is with the tool, or with the partitions themselves. Can you double-click and open them on the Workbench screen? CD to them in the shell, drag & drop files from Workbench, etc.?

Knowing if the partitions work correctly in any other application would help you narrow down your problem.  Cheers!

[jltursan]

Have you configured DOpus to show in the buttons the new partitions?, if now you have a DH2: partition you need to tell it to DOpus...
Of course only if the partitions prove to work fine, as Mike suggests, clicking in the Workbench icon

[H1ghpuff]

When you partitioned the drive, did you select PFS-DS? Else you will not be able to see about 4GB without a patched SCSI-device.

[Chartus]

Got everything sorted.    Thanks all !!

Mike-  I could see it in workbench and open folders but couldn't get Dopus to select it.  Turns out it was user error (like always), I had misconfigured my emulator.

I think the scsi.device can handle up to 8 gigs without problems.  It just doesn't keep the correct size after 4 gigs (wraps around) but it still works.  If I'm  wrong let me know

[paul1981]

When you partitioned the drive, did you select PFS-DS? Else you will not be able to see about 4GB without a patched SCSI-device.

PFS-AIO will automatically use direct SCSI if required, so he should be okay with the 8GB CF card. And Chartus, if you want to go above 8GB (one day you may) then you'll need to use a different more recent scsi.device than is provided in the 2 or 3 version Kickstart ROM.

[Chartus]

Yes.  I had an A1200 model that I put a 20 gig 3.5 hard drive in.  I installed SFS and updated the scsi.device .  It developed a sound problem (scratchy sound in the right channel)that I am having trouble sorting so I pulled out the A600 and threw so upgrades in it.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

It developed a sound problem (scratchy sound in the right channel)that I am having trouble sorting

Google "replace Amiga 1200 capacitors".  :lol:

[Chartus]

That was the first thing I did.  Left sound is good but right sounds like crap.  I guess I might have a go at replacing them again.  Maybe I put in a bad cap when I replaced them.