Amiga 1200 Boot after HD Format

kratam · 18 May 2005, 18:28

I recently formatted the hd on my Amiga 1200. Now the amiga wont reconise a single original disk in the disk drive, even the workbench 3.1 disk. I tried altering the boot sequence but dont really know what i 'm doing. If anybody could offer me some help it would be appreciated.

Specs:
A1200 8mb Accelerator Board
170mb HD
External Floppy Drive

Thanks

Amiga1992 · 19 May 2005, 00:42

Thread moved to Hardware Problems.

There is a slight chance that your hard drive now has a boot prority HIGHER than that of your floppy drive. To check this enter the early-startup boot menu (by holding the two mouse buttons upon bootup), enter the part where you enable//disable drives and it should show the bootpri of each device. See if your Hd's is higher than DF0's

kratam · 19 May 2005, 19:01

Quote:

There is a slight chance that your hard drive now has a boot prority HIGHER than that of your floppy drive. To check this enter the early-startup boot menu (by holding the two mouse buttons upon bootup), enter the part where you enable//disable drives and it should show the bootpri of each device. See if your Hd's is higher than DF0's

What if my HD's priority is higher than that of my DF0, is this causing the problem? I dont really know how to change these, is it the same principal as on a pc?

kratam · 19 May 2005, 19:10

The Boot Options are as follows:

it says
enabled -df0 priority 5 ADOS trackdisk-0
enabled -CC0 priority 3 ADOS carddisk -0
enabled -HD0 priority 1 ADOS scsi -0
enabled -HD1 not bootable ADOS scsi -0

in select boot device it says
DF0
CC0
HD0 (in that order)

could anything on here be causing my Amiga 1200 not to be reading my disks, and i mean all the disks (originals as well as copies).

Thanks

kriz · 19 May 2005, 20:41

have you used your floppy drive lately ??

kratam · 19 May 2005, 21:40

yes i have, it worked right before i fotmatted

kriz · 19 May 2005, 22:42

strange stuff, what if you disconnect the harddrive ?

Amiga1992 · 20 May 2005, 03:59

Yeah, disconnect teh HD and see what happens. The priorities are right, hd0 is smaller than df0 so df0 should boot first.

kratam · 20 May 2005, 14:39

If i dosconnect my hard disk will i be able to use it again at a later date?

Will i will test some of the disks on my amiga 500 to see if they are not malfunctioning.
One more thing, if the floppy drive has broken will i be able to get a replacement drive for it?

thanks

kriz · 20 May 2005, 15:10

hehe ofcourse you will be able to use it (the harddrive) again, just be careful with it

as it is now, you cant use it anyway so try it man !

kratam · 20 May 2005, 21:29

With the hard disk removed i get the A1200 booting to the insert disk screen, with the disk going into the drive.
I put a disk into the drive and nothing happens, i am going to try and crean the floppy disk drive and see what happens then.

thanks again everybody

Amiga1992 · 21 May 2005, 00:21

Seems like your drive went bust, and you formatting the HD and then not having your floppy drive working is pure coincidence!

kratam · 22 May 2005, 14:24

The man i purchased the amiga 1200 was kind enough to send a replacement. I was using the relacement for a few hours then all of a sudden that drive has become f*&ked as well. I rang the man up and he says that he will refund my money. He said that a disk can nacker the machine up, is possible? Also is there a way to convert a standard pc floppy drive into and amiga disk drive?

this has to be the most annoying computer experience ever.

16 June 2005, 17:32

the only reason i no longer have/use my a1200 is cause i formatted after having backed everything up onto floppy to reinstall afterwards. after the formatt i realised i no longer had the workbench disks! - cant re install an a1200 hd put onto floppy by the wb programm with the boot disk of an a500! don't give up on em though - still wish i had the hassle free reliable use of a good home computer.

Jope · 17 June 2005, 07:27

I've lately cheated and installed my Amiga hard drives in WinUAE.. Much nicer when you don't have to mess around with cd drivers, etc in the beginning.

Now I just install the OS, copy all the needed packages over in WinUAE and finalise the installation on the Amiga. :-)

18 May 2005, 18:28	#1
kratam Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Huddersfield Age: 42 Posts: 44	Amiga 1200 Boot after HD Format I recently formatted the hd on my Amiga 1200. Now the amiga wont reconise a single original disk in the disk drive, even the workbench 3.1 disk. I tried altering the boot sequence but dont really know what i 'm doing. If anybody could offer me some help it would be appreciated. Specs: A1200 8mb Accelerator Board 170mb HD External Floppy Drive Thanks

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19 May 2005, 00:42	#2
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	Thread moved to Hardware Problems. There is a slight chance that your hard drive now has a boot prority HIGHER than that of your floppy drive. To check this enter the early-startup boot menu (by holding the two mouse buttons upon bootup), enter the part where you enable//disable drives and it should show the bootpri of each device. See if your Hd's is higher than DF0's

19 May 2005, 19:10	#4
kratam Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Huddersfield Age: 42 Posts: 44	The Boot Options are as follows: it says enabled -df0 priority 5 ADOS trackdisk-0 enabled -CC0 priority 3 ADOS carddisk -0 enabled -HD0 priority 1 ADOS scsi -0 enabled -HD1 not bootable ADOS scsi -0 in select boot device it says DF0 CC0 HD0 (in that order) could anything on here be causing my Amiga 1200 not to be reading my disks, and i mean all the disks (originals as well as copies). Thanks

19 May 2005, 20:41	#5
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	have you used your floppy drive lately ??

19 May 2005, 21:40	#6
kratam Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Huddersfield Age: 42 Posts: 44	yes i have, it worked right before i fotmatted

19 May 2005, 22:42	#7
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	strange stuff, what if you disconnect the harddrive ?

20 May 2005, 03:59	#8
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	Yeah, disconnect teh HD and see what happens. The priorities are right, hd0 is smaller than df0 so df0 should boot first.

20 May 2005, 14:39	#9
kratam Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Huddersfield Age: 42 Posts: 44	If i dosconnect my hard disk will i be able to use it again at a later date? Will i will test some of the disks on my amiga 500 to see if they are not malfunctioning. One more thing, if the floppy drive has broken will i be able to get a replacement drive for it? thanks

20 May 2005, 15:10	#10
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	hehe ofcourse you will be able to use it (the harddrive) again, just be careful with it as it is now, you cant use it anyway so try it man !

20 May 2005, 21:29	#11
kratam Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Huddersfield Age: 42 Posts: 44	With the hard disk removed i get the A1200 booting to the insert disk screen, with the disk going into the drive. I put a disk into the drive and nothing happens, i am going to try and crean the floppy disk drive and see what happens then. thanks again everybody

21 May 2005, 00:21	#12
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	Seems like your drive went bust, and you formatting the HD and then not having your floppy drive working is pure coincidence!

22 May 2005, 14:24	#13
kratam Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Huddersfield Age: 42 Posts: 44	The man i purchased the amiga 1200 was kind enough to send a replacement. I was using the relacement for a few hours then all of a sudden that drive has become f*&ked as well. I rang the man up and he says that he will refund my money. He said that a disk can nacker the machine up, is possible? Also is there a way to convert a standard pc floppy drive into and amiga disk drive? this has to be the most annoying computer experience ever.

16 June 2005, 17:32	#14
cyclone Posts: n/a	the only reason i no longer have/use my a1200 is cause i formatted after having backed everything up onto floppy to reinstall afterwards. after the formatt i realised i no longer had the workbench disks! - cant re install an a1200 hd put onto floppy by the wb programm with the boot disk of an a500! don't give up on em though - still wish i had the hassle free reliable use of a good home computer.

17 June 2005, 07:27	#15
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	I've lately cheated and installed my Amiga hard drives in WinUAE.. Much nicer when you don't have to mess around with cd drivers, etc in the beginning. Now I just install the OS, copy all the needed packages over in WinUAE and finalise the installation on the Amiga. :-)

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