making sense of CF cards :)

Honey Badger · 26 December 2018, 17:22

Finally figured out how to setup CF cards for my Amiga! I even got one configured effectively as a bootable hard drive with Workbench and the dang thing actually works either in WinUAE or my physical Amiga.

I found that doing the prep work in a virtual machine running kickstart 3.x works ... ran into various obstacles with kickstart 2.0x.

Not going to call myself an Amiga guru quite yet

However, I'm understanding the functioning & setup requirements a great deal better than just a couple weeks ago.

Leffmann · 26 December 2018, 18:34

In the end they can pretty much be treated like any regular hard drive, but they're much more convenient than the loud, hot 3.5" things we used to cram into the Amigas back in the day

Just be aware that CF cards are not fully compatible with the Amiga IDE ports, and some brands are sensitive and may die suddenly.

Amiga4000 · 26 December 2018, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honey Badger

Not going to call myself an Amiga guru quite yet

However, I'm understanding the functioning & setup requirements a great deal better than just a couple weeks ago.

That's the fun of it all!

Enjoy learning about your Amiga Honey Badger!

Honey Badger · 26 December 2018, 20:03

and had a bloody ephiphany! dawned on me that the compact flash card I've been using as a hard drive for my Amiga can be mounted to a virtual machine ... making it really easy to install applications (or whatever data/files or setup) for use back on the actual machine

have given up on the idea of using a CF card on the Amiga 600's pcmcia slot ... at least with 2.05 revision 37.300 ROM, based on a bunch of testing comparing/contrasting differing ROMs in virtual machines, have concluded it's not up to snuff on that count with more modern cards anyway --- and my original idea of using a CF card as merely transfer media has become totally unnecessary ... even the null modem transfer isn't necessary(but still can be nice for some things)

also ... that a hard disk image can be generated easily from WinUAE off a CF card ... quite nice for backups

ajk · 26 December 2018, 20:39

That's what I tried to tell you early on in your original thread

But good to hear that you have now got things sorted out.

Honey Badger · 26 December 2018, 20:58

yup, ajk .... somehow didn't quite 'click', but finally got it

26 December 2018, 17:22	#1
Honey Badger Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Des Moines, IA Age: 58 Posts: 88	making sense of CF cards :) Finally figured out how to setup CF cards for my Amiga! I even got one configured effectively as a bootable hard drive with Workbench and the dang thing actually works either in WinUAE or my physical Amiga. I found that doing the prep work in a virtual machine running kickstart 3.x works ... ran into various obstacles with kickstart 2.0x. Not going to call myself an Amiga guru quite yet However, I'm understanding the functioning & setup requirements a great deal better than just a couple weeks ago.

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26 December 2018, 18:34	#2
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	In the end they can pretty much be treated like any regular hard drive, but they're much more convenient than the loud, hot 3.5" things we used to cram into the Amigas back in the day Just be aware that CF cards are not fully compatible with the Amiga IDE ports, and some brands are sensitive and may die suddenly.

26 December 2018, 20:03	#4
Honey Badger Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Des Moines, IA Age: 58 Posts: 88	and had a bloody ephiphany! dawned on me that the compact flash card I've been using as a hard drive for my Amiga can be mounted to a virtual machine ... making it really easy to install applications (or whatever data/files or setup) for use back on the actual machine have given up on the idea of using a CF card on the Amiga 600's pcmcia slot ... at least with 2.05 revision 37.300 ROM, based on a bunch of testing comparing/contrasting differing ROMs in virtual machines, have concluded it's not up to snuff on that count with more modern cards anyway --- and my original idea of using a CF card as merely transfer media has become totally unnecessary ... even the null modem transfer isn't necessary(but still can be nice for some things) also ... that a hard disk image can be generated easily from WinUAE off a CF card ... quite nice for backups

26 December 2018, 20:39	#5
ajk Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,341	That's what I tried to tell you early on in your original thread But good to hear that you have now got things sorted out.

26 December 2018, 20:58	#6
Honey Badger Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Des Moines, IA Age: 58 Posts: 88	yup, ajk .... somehow didn't quite 'click', but finally got it

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