HDD problem...

AliasXZ · 19 December 2011, 18:53

Hey guys, got a right one for you:

Ive decided to set up a new hard drive with SmartFS, partitioned, formatted, installed ClassicWBos39, boots perfectly in UAE, but as soon as I put it in my A1200 it starts to boot, but then I get the flashing power light, reboot, flashing power light, reboot loop.

Anyone ever had this or something similar?

The hard drive I am messing with is a 320Gig Western Digi scorpio blue, a "little" overkill, but it's the only spare drive I have lying around

cheers for help

BarryB · 19 December 2011, 19:03

Try the 'Boot With No Startup-Sequence' in the A1200 Early Startup and see if gets to a CLI window, that way you know it's recognising the partition.

AliasXZ · 19 December 2011, 19:09

That works fine, I can list the entire contents of the boot partition

hmm..

Since my boot/Workbench partition is less than 3 gig, I'm gona try formatting it as FFS and see what happs...

Toni Wilen · 19 December 2011, 20:03

Most likely reason is bad Max Transfer value. (Check WinUAE log, 2.3.3+ reports possible max transfer issues in the log)

AliasXZ · 19 December 2011, 21:27

Thanks for reply

I dont use WinUAE, I run Linux.

Since changing the boot partition to FFS it works fine and I can access the other SFS partitions.

So I guess it works

19 December 2011, 18:53	#1
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 35 Posts: 166	HDD problem... Hey guys, got a right one for you: Ive decided to set up a new hard drive with SmartFS, partitioned, formatted, installed ClassicWBos39, boots perfectly in UAE, but as soon as I put it in my A1200 it starts to boot, but then I get the flashing power light, reboot, flashing power light, reboot loop. Anyone ever had this or something similar? The hard drive I am messing with is a 320Gig Western Digi scorpio blue, a "little" overkill, but it's the only spare drive I have lying around cheers for help

19 December 2011, 19:09	#3
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 35 Posts: 166	That works fine, I can list the entire contents of the boot partition hmm.. Since my boot/Workbench partition is less than 3 gig, I'm gona try formatting it as FFS and see what happs... Last edited by prowler; 19 December 2011 at 22:50. Reason: Back-to-back posts merged; please use the Edit button.

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19 December 2011, 19:03	#2
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,447	Try the 'Boot With No Startup-Sequence' in the A1200 Early Startup and see if gets to a CLI window, that way you know it's recognising the partition.

19 December 2011, 20:03	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 45 Posts: 24,567	Most likely reason is bad Max Transfer value. (Check WinUAE log, 2.3.3+ reports possible max transfer issues in the log)

19 December 2011, 21:27	#5
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 35 Posts: 166	Thanks for reply I dont use WinUAE, I run Linux. Since changing the boot partition to FFS it works fine and I can access the other SFS partitions. So I guess it works

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