English Amiga Board - View Single Post - Using a Compact Flash card on a600/a1200 IDE

solarmon · 03 February 2019, 00:26

Hi,

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I thought this might help somebody else.

I used a CF to IDE adapter from PC Engines:

https://www.pcengines.ch/pdf/cfdisk.pdf

The CFDISK.2G to be precise.

And a Crucial 256MB CF:

http://dpnow.com/vintage/Features/Pe...f7/perif7.html

I had followed the instructions to set for the CF card up in WinUAE:

https://nowandthentech.wordpress.com...ct-flash-card/

and copied over a ClassicWB LITE setup over to it to test.

However, it failed to boot up when I put it in an Amiga 1200.

I tried the adapter in a USB IDE enclosure and it booted up OK in WinUAE - so I thought both the card and adapter MUST be OK.

After several more attempts, eventually, after I had RTFM'd, I realised that there was a master/slave setting on the adapter - and by default (with J2 not shorted) it was a slave device. So I shorted J2 on the adapter so that it was a master device.

When I put it back in the Amiga 1200, it booted up straight away!

I hope this might help somebody else and for them to not waste a lot of time, like I did.

Cheers!

03 February 2019, 00:26	#719
solarmon Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: UK Posts: 1,716	Hi, Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I thought this might help somebody else. I used a CF to IDE adapter from PC Engines: https://www.pcengines.ch/pdf/cfdisk.pdf The CFDISK.2G to be precise. And a Crucial 256MB CF: http://dpnow.com/vintage/Features/Pe...f7/perif7.html I had followed the instructions to set for the CF card up in WinUAE: https://nowandthentech.wordpress.com...ct-flash-card/ and copied over a ClassicWB LITE setup over to it to test. However, it failed to boot up when I put it in an Amiga 1200. I tried the adapter in a USB IDE enclosure and it booted up OK in WinUAE - so I thought both the card and adapter MUST be OK. After several more attempts, eventually, after I had RTFM'd, I realised that there was a master/slave setting on the adapter - and by default (with J2 not shorted) it was a slave device. So I shorted J2 on the adapter so that it was a master device. When I put it back in the Amiga 1200, it booted up straight away! I hope this might help somebody else and for them to not waste a lot of time, like I did. Cheers! Last edited by solarmon; 03 February 2019 at 00:32.