CF issue in winuae

jimmer78 · 29 May 2009, 18:38

Hi I'm trying to aet up a CF card as a hard drive in Winuae so that I can prepare it, install workbench & other programs before using in my A1200 to replace the HD.

I have deleted partitions on the CF card using Paragon partition in windows XP PC.

When I click add hard drive winuae sees it as non-empty and throws up a warning message. "saftey check is active. Disk is not empty and non RDB partitioned"

But is is unallocated space - definately deleted the partition. Tried x2 VF cards now winuae says same thing.... It is definately unallocated space 1.98Gb....

so what am I doing wrong?

thomas · 29 May 2009, 19:26

Quote:

But is is unallocated space - definately deleted the partition.

You don't need to delete partitions. You would have to delete the partition table itself, but there is no program to do this.

Just disable the safety check in WinUAE: run it with the -disableharddrivesafetycheck command line option.

If you don't know how, use the search function. This has been discussed 1,000,001 times.

jimmer78 · 29 May 2009, 20:38

Ok - managed to start winuae in -disableharddrivesafetycheck mode, add hard drive - CF card apperas on list as 1.9Gb NON EMPTY. It lets me add it but when I start workbench using OS 3.9, and run HDtoolbox the drive is not listed anywhere....not on desktop either??

Tried both IDE 0 and winuae for controller....no joy? The CF card is connected through USB reader.

any ideas?

jimmer78 · 30 May 2009, 13:33

Anyone helpme out here please?

UncleSpam · 30 May 2009, 19:29

As mentioned before, add the -disableharddrivesafetycheck command line option to WinUAE.

Under the WinUAE Hard Drives section, go to Add Hard Drive and select the CF card. Leave the HD Controller = uae. Check the Read/Write option.

Boot into the Amiga (OS 3.9).

Go to sys:tools/HDToolBox and add the ASKDEVICE tooltype to the HDToolBox program. Comment out the other options by adding () around them.

Start HDToolBox. The program will ask you to choose a device. Select uaehf.device and after that, you will see your CF card ready for partitioning.

Hope this helps.

- Bogdan

jimmer78 · 30 May 2009, 21:21

Hey thanks for the info...

....but how do I do this bit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncleSpam

Go to sys:tools/HDToolBox and add the ASKDEVICE tooltype to the HDToolBox program. Comment out the other options by adding () around them.

Thanks.

TCD · 30 May 2009, 21:38

Click on the HDToolBox icon once and choose Icon -> Information from the menu. In the new window click on new and enter ASKDEVICE there. That should do the trick

29 May 2009, 18:38	#1
jimmer78 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Posts: 133	CF issue in winuae Hi I'm trying to aet up a CF card as a hard drive in Winuae so that I can prepare it, install workbench & other programs before using in my A1200 to replace the HD. I have deleted partitions on the CF card using Paragon partition in windows XP PC. When I click add hard drive winuae sees it as non-empty and throws up a warning message. "saftey check is active. Disk is not empty and non RDB partitioned" But is is unallocated space - definately deleted the partition. Tried x2 VF cards now winuae says same thing.... It is definately unallocated space 1.98Gb.... so what am I doing wrong? Last edited by jimmer78; 29 May 2009 at 18:56.

29 May 2009, 20:38	#3
jimmer78 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Posts: 133	Ok - managed to start winuae in -disableharddrivesafetycheck mode, add hard drive - CF card apperas on list as 1.9Gb NON EMPTY. It lets me add it but when I start workbench using OS 3.9, and run HDtoolbox the drive is not listed anywhere....not on desktop either?? Tried both IDE 0 and winuae for controller....no joy? The CF card is connected through USB reader. any ideas? Last edited by jimmer78; 30 May 2009 at 13:35.

30 May 2009, 19:29	#5
UncleSpam Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 161	As mentioned before, add the -disableharddrivesafetycheck command line option to WinUAE. Under the WinUAE Hard Drives section, go to Add Hard Drive and select the CF card. Leave the HD Controller = uae. Check the Read/Write option. Boot into the Amiga (OS 3.9). Go to sys:tools/HDToolBox and add the ASKDEVICE tooltype to the HDToolBox program. Comment out the other options by adding () around them. Start HDToolBox. The program will ask you to choose a device. Select uaehf.device and after that, you will see your CF card ready for partitioning. Hope this helps. - Bogdan Last edited by UncleSpam; 30 May 2009 at 19:38.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Strange CD ISO issue in Winuae	TreacleWench	support.WinUAE	5	30 November 2012 15:44
Small issue with WinUAE under Wine	P-J	support.WinUAE	6	02 November 2012 23:00
Winuae Issue	methodman	support.WinUAE	5	16 December 2010 19:54
Weird WinUAE issue?!	h0ffman	Coders. General	4	07 December 2010 13:42
Script issue with Winuae.	Mclane	project.GameBase Amiga	5	19 April 2009 14:15

30 May 2009, 13:33	#4
jimmer78 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Posts: 133	Anyone helpme out here please?

30 May 2009, 21:38	#7
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,907	Click on the HDToolBox icon once and choose Icon -> Information from the menu. In the new window click on new and enter ASKDEVICE there. That should do the trick

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)