Just had a root around

Do i have to be a member of a group to talk to people....................

[fitzsteve]

@Jarhead its a Forum not an instant message service

[cosmicfrog]

heheheh conversations with ones self is that the second sign of maddness ??
I don`t know but I do it all the time, some times I even get answers I understand

[TCD]

Originally Posted by cosmicfrog

I don`t know but I do it all the time, some times I even get answers I understand

That made my day matey

[chrispy]

Some of the best conversations i've ever had have been with myself. I got in an argument one day and knocked myself spark out for being sarcastic. Serves me right.

[chrispy]

Originally Posted by Jarhead

Just dug out my old 1200 and started playing cannon fodder!!!!
exellent game absolute classic which games do you have

All of them I think now. God bless rom sites and warez-bb Although, I will be replacing all of my favourites with genuine ones as they become available on Ebay.

[chrispy]

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Does the kit come with EasyADF?

This is a boot disk also, so grab the ADF's you need (Google for them )

Write the ADF's back to floppy using the EasyADF boot disk (just need to copy the ADF's to the CF card that is for the PCMCIA card reader (again assuming your bought the EasyADF/PCMCIA transfer kit)

And then you can make you Disks.

If you need any blamk disks PM me I've got loads and can send you hald a Dozen for the price of P&P

Steve.

Edit: If you only bought the CF-IDE HDD just activate it in UAE under emulation with ADF's of workbench disks, in fact this is the easiest way!

I can't use the easy adf disc coz I haven't got a floppy drive in my system lol. I've installed the hard drive, copied the workbench discs to the root of the cf card and put it in the amiga. It's going through the install process but after I choose my OS (3.1) and click next it's staying greyed out and nothing is happeneing.

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by chrispy

I can't use the easy adf disc coz I haven't for a floppy drive in my system lol. I've installed the hard drive, copied the workbench discs to the root of the cf card and put it in the amiga. It's going through the install process but after I choose my OS (3.1) and click next it's staying greyed out and nothing is happeneing.

You're going to need to do the work in WinUAE then becuase to do the nstall on an Amiga you need real disks in the floppy drive, you can make these disks from the ADF's with the EasyADF boot disk but thats not going to be very easy without a floppy drive

So, take your CF out of the Amiga, hook it up to your via card reader PC. (don't whatever you do let Windows format that card!)

Now run WinUAE and load the standard A1200 settings in quickstart.

Go to the Rom tab, browse and select the 3.1 Rom Image.

Go to the hard drive tabs, choose 'Add Hard Drive'

Add you CF Card as a Hard Drive (it should show up a RDB USB Storage or something like that.)

Hit 'Start' on the WinUAE Gui.

The CF HDD should boot and you should see the Amigakit installer screen (assuming this is how they set up the CF)

Follow the onscreen instructions, to insert your Workbench ADF hit F12 and go to the Quickstart Tab, then under DF0 'insert Disk' and browse for the ADF that the installer is asking for, then hit 'Resume' on the Gui.

Continue activation as per the onscreen.

Once done, pop the CF HDD back in your Amiga and you should be good to go!

Good Luck!

[fitzsteve]

Just a thought, are you saying your Amiga does not have a Floppy Drive right?

EasyADF is meant to be used with the Amiga, not your PC.

You boot your Amiga with the EasyADF disk and use the Amiga to create the workbench disks from the ADFs, of course you need some spare blank floppy's for that.

Steve.

[chrispy]

Ok, got as far as the hard drive bit and nothing is showing in there and the add hard drive is greyed out. Sorry to take so much of your time my friend.

[DH]

Try looking through this http://wiki.abime.net/file_transfer/index

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by chrispy

Ok, got as far as the hard drive bit and nothing is showing in there and the add hard drive is greyed out. Sorry to take so much of your time my friend.

It really should show up, if the CF card has been prepared to work in an Amiga it should show up in UAE as an Amiga drive.

I'm stumped. And you can't use the EasyADF boot disk as you still need a Workbench disk to use that, looks like you're going to need to get a legit set of Workbench disks now mate.

Steve.