Problems with A1200 IDE-to-SD adapter

[mikeymike]

I ordered Amigakit's A1200 IDE-to-SD adapter, including their SD-to-MicroSD adapter and MicroSD card.

After a few attempts to install it, it booted and started the Amigakit OS installer.  It asked for my Workbench disk, then it started 'assigning directories' but seemingly got stuck at that point (pointer would move and could move the window, but little of use could be accomplished).  I left it for at least half an hour then rebooted.

When I switched it back on again, first it acted as if no HDD was connected (even though the HDD light was on, the HDD light has remained on at all times with this adapter) and immediately showed the Kickstart screen.  I tried a few power cycles without any difference, then I booted from the Install WB 3.1 disk, and I think it was the HDToolBox program that suggested that no HDDs were connected.

I switched off the Amiga, tried switching MicroSD-to-SD adapters, then booted it at which point it said 'Not a DOS disk in device ADH0'.  I switched back to the original MicroSD-to-SD adapter and got the same message.  I booted off the Install WB 3.1 disk again and this time the extra partitions showed up (HDD, HDD2) but at the bottom was ADH0: NDOS.

Amiga spec:

C= Amiga 1200
Blizzard 1240+FPU accelerator with 64MB RAM
A500 PSU

No other hardware connected at the time of attempting to use the IDE to SD adapter.  I'm fairly sure the Amiga is stable since for example I was able to back up the old HDD via a PCMCIA CF adapter (which took a good hour or two) without issue.

Any help would be much appreciated.  I've read up a bit about file system fixing but I wasn't sure whether those kinds of programs would work well with storage hardware such as this.

[F0LLETT]

What happens with Accelerator removed?

I mean installing. Not a DOS disk, will mean the partition is trashed.

[mikeymike]

So should I wipe the partition then just install Workbench 3.1 the traditional way?

[Boing-ball]

Okay. Which Filesystem have you used? FFS, SFS or PFS3?

Remember the older ROMS may not support bigger partitions greater than 2GB.

Also check settings such as Filetransfer settings etc.. Anything too big or fast can cause what you are describing.

[mikeymike]

Okay. Which Filesystem have you used? FFS, SFS or PFS3?

I haven't.  This is a brand-new product.

I'd suspect that ADH0: has to be FFS in order to be booted from on a KS 3.1 system?

[Jope]

I'd suspect that ADH0: has to be FFS in order to be booted from on a KS 3.1 system?

No need to keep it on FFS. You can install the filesystem handler you intend to use into the RDB using the Add/Update...-button in the partitioning view to have something else.

[mikeymike]

Any suggestions of where I should go from here?  I assume formatting ADH0: is the only way to proceed?  Should I just install WB 3.1?

[Boing-ball]

So to get a full understanding on what you want to do here can you answer the following:

Which Kickstart ROMs are installed in the Amiga?

How is the card partitioned? What settings does HDToolbox give you for each partition?  Size of each partition, Filesystem and version, Maxtransfer etc…?

You need to get these set right first, before making head way with an Installation.

[F0LLETT]

Any suggestions of where I should go from here?  I assume formatting ADH0: is the only way to proceed?  Should I just install WB 3.1?

Partitions are setup to work with older kickstarts. So quick format it and install 3.1.

[mikeymike]

WB 3.1 installed without a hitch.  I got my CF PCMCIA adapter going and copied a bunch of files from it successfully, but without a working Dopus file manager I'm feeling quite inhibited at the moment!  As 'HDD2' was apparently blank I've renamed it to Work: which makes a few programs happier.

HDD1 - is this read-only?  There's a Dopus folder on it but Dopus immediately crashes if I try to run it.  Which version is it?

As a side note I'm coming to terms with the fact that I haven't handled a virgin Workbench 3.1 install in at least 20 years and there's a lot I've forgotten.

I've got Dopus 4.12 amongst my backed-up data, but before it will work I have to find out how to assign DOPUS: to the correct folder and make it stick (as that is what that is currently complaining about as opposed to crashing).

- edit - to answer a previous question - running Kickstart 3.1 ROMs.