FAT95 Installation

[sbeehre]

Hi everyone! so far ive been trying to get my PCMCIA --> CF Adaptor working in my 1200 with little sucess! Prepcard reports a silicon image disk in there and ive installed cfd and fat95.... however it doesnt show up any drives mounted for my CF card. Im wondering if i have installed fat95 incorrectly? is there more to it than double clicking the install fat95 icon?

[coze]

double clicking the fat95 icon is enough. did you install cfd properly ? and mounted the cf device ? also keep in mind that you should format your cf card at windows side with fat16.

[sbeehre]

double clicking the fat95 icon is enough. did you install cfd properly ? and mounted the cf device ? also keep in mind that you should format your cf card at windows side with fat16.

when you say mounted the cf device do you mean double clicking on the CF0 Device like the readme says? or do you need to put a mount command or something into your startup sequence?

[coze]

no, double clicking is enough ... and if you place it in devs:dosdrivers it will be automatically mounted next boot.

[sbeehre]

all i did was copy compactflash.device to DEVS: and installed fat95 by double clicking on the installer... i know the PCMCIA port is ok cause i use a network card with it to.

[thomas]

You have to create a DosDriver for your CF card. Fat95 comes with very detailed instcuctions in different languages, so just RTFM.

[sbeehre]

You have to create a DosDriver for your CF card. Fat95 comes with very detailed instcuctions in different languages, so just RTFM.

ok i just thought i was alot more simple than that

[coze]

cfd needs some other stuff in C: and devs:. it's not just compactflash.device. though it should have warned you when you're mounting the device that some stuff is missing.

[ppill]

Make sure you've got the following:

compactflash.device in DEVS:
fat95 in L:
CF0 in DEVS:DOSDrivers/ (if you want to mount it automatically each boot)
or SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/ (if you want to do it manually by clicking on the icon or typing 'mount CF0:' in a shell)

If this fails, have a look at CardReset (http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardReset) and CardPatch (http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardPatch) (there's a bug in the way A1200s handle the PCMCIA port, these proggies try to remedy that)

Both should go in your startup-sequence.

That's it. Looks complicated but trust me, it's all pretty straightforward.

[Jope]

compactflash.device already does a cardreset, at least I remember reading so in the docs. It's mainly needed for network cards.

[ppill]

compactflash.device already does a cardreset, at least I remember reading so in the docs. It's mainly needed for network cards.

You're right (from the readme file):

v1.21 04/2003
Fixed "multiple mode" bug.
Added "write multiple" support.
Added PCMCIA soft reset.
Added CFA_ERASE support.

Somehow missed that one. Thanks Jope!

[A600HdFan]

Where is the L: in my workbench or is it on another place i shuld put it ?

i am using a Amiga 600hd !!

[Graham Humphrey]

The L directory should be on your Workbench partition...

[A600HdFan]

AS when i start My amiga i click on Workbench and then i copy it there ?

sorry if i bother u guys but im rather new to this !!

thx in advance

[Graham Humphrey]

Yep, that's it. Just copy the fat95 file to the L directory in Workbench.

And no worries, we were all new once ;)

[Zetr0]

you may need to select (Show all Files) from the menu.

Open the Work bench directory.

Right mouse click, and select Window >> Icon >> Show All Files

the director L should appear. as well as C and a couple of others.

you could use the CLI :) thats as easy when you know how.

[A600HdFan]

and the files in C: ? shuld i put them in C in workbensh aswhell ?

[Graham Humphrey]

Yes. As a rule, if any programs come with C, Libs, L directories etc then you copy their contents to the equivalent directories on your Workbench.

[A600HdFan]

ahh ok i will get back to u Amiga gurus when i have tryed all this out .. thx

[A600HdFan]

Got all to work now thx to all the information u guys provided :D

[Graham Humphrey]

Glad to hear it :D

[klx300r]

double clicking the fat95 icon is enough. did you install cfd properly ? and mounted the cf device ? also keep in mind that you should format your cf card at windows side with fat16.

hmmm how can one format a new CF card with fat16 when all he has in windows xp:bash

[davideo]

hmmm how can one format a new CF card with fat16 when all he has in windows xp:bash

I've got XP and I just selected Format and left it at FAT :great

It worked for my card :agree

Dave G :cool

[A600HdFan]

got one more thing tho .. even that all works now

when i start my amiga i have the comactflash.device can´t remember the other file in DosDrivers to make it load the flash card Automaticly when i start . but when i put it in i need to excecute the command " dir cf0: " before it show upp on my WB any ide why it is so ?

[davideo]

@A600HDfan

Make sure you've got the following:

compactflash.device in DEVS:
fat95 in L:
CF0 in DEVS:DOSDrivers/ (if you want to mount it automatically each boot)
or SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/ (if you want to do it manually by clicking on the icon or typing 'mount CF0:' in a shell)

If this fails, have a look at CardReset (http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardReset) and CardPatch (http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardPatch) (there's a bug in the way A1200s handle the PCMCIA port, these proggies try to remedy that)

Both should go in your startup-sequence.

That's it. Looks complicated but trust me, it's all pretty straightforward.

You need to do the above as suggested by ppill :great

Dave G :cool

[klx300r]

I've got XP and I just selected Format and left it at FAT :greatIt worked for my card :agree

hi Dave, must be my compact flash card then...i'll have to try another one..hopefully I can dig up an old one from an old digital camera:nervous

[davideo]

hi Dave, must be my compact flash card then...i'll have to try another one..hopefully I can dig up an old one from an old digital camera:nervous

@klx300r

Apparently they can be very picky about the card :sad

My first one from Amigakit didn't work :(

But the replacement I got works without fault :)

Dave G :cool

[klx300r]

@ davideo

Dave, whats the make & size of the CF card you got working right now....

[davideo]

@ davideo

Dave, whats the make & size of the CF card you got working right now....

@klx300r

It's a 1GB SanDisk.

I've heard rumours that there are a lot of pirate ones about that won't work :crying

Dave G :cool