IDE to SATA

oddodo · 05 August 2015, 20:19

I have a small SSD and want to use it in my Amiga 1200 so i bought an cheap adaptor .
Made a special floppy with the scsi.device for big hdds.
I can format every thing an make partitions ect.
Now the problem the SSD only boots when i first load this floppy and reset.
When i just turn My Amiga on i get the boot screen and a extra reset didn't work to.

-Acid- · 05 August 2015, 21:32

Is the workbench partition bootable? (it's a tick box in hdtoolbox)

oddodo · 05 August 2015, 21:41

When i started my Amiga for the first time and look at the bootmenu here was no HDD
But after loading the floppy and a reset it did boot.

-Acid- · 05 August 2015, 21:48

It sounds like the drive is not ready to boot as quickly as the Amiga on first boot. If you wait a little and soft reset does it boot or show up in the early boot menu?

alexh · 05 August 2015, 22:46

The boot partition has to be less than 2gb and on the first 2gb of the drive to boot with kickstart v3.1

Jope · 06 August 2015, 07:55

Or change 2GB to 7,8GB if you're using PFS3AIO

alexh · 06 August 2015, 10:51

Interesting. Any file system which uses DirectSCSI has a boot partition size/location limit of 7.8GiB... never knew that... cool.

oddodo · 06 August 2015, 14:55

I see i have a lot to try tonight ;-) thanks

Toni Wilen · 06 August 2015, 15:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Interesting. Any file system which uses DirectSCSI has a boot partition size/location limit of 7.8GiB... never knew that... cool.

It is only guaranteed when using A600/A1200/A4000 built-in IDE (scsi.device) driver. Other IDE controllers can and will have other limits.

Jope · 06 August 2015, 21:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

It is only guaranteed when using A600/A1200/A4000 built-in IDE (scsi.device) driver. Other IDE controllers can and will have other limits.

Yeps, and if you have a SCSI controller with a well behaved driver, the limit is much higher with DS. :-)

oddodo · 06 August 2015, 21:42

Thanks :-) wanted a SCSI controller ;-)

05 August 2015, 20:19	#1
oddodo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: The Neterlands Posts: 109	IDE to SATA I have a small SSD and want to use it in my Amiga 1200 so i bought an cheap adaptor . Made a special floppy with the scsi.device for big hdds. I can format every thing an make partitions ect. Now the problem the SSD only boots when i first load this floppy and reset. When i just turn My Amiga on i get the boot screen and a extra reset didn't work to.

06 August 2015, 14:55	#8
oddodo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: The Neterlands Posts: 109	I see i have a lot to try tonight ;-) thanks Last edited by oddodo; 06 August 2015 at 15:58.

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05 August 2015, 21:32	#2
-Acid- Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shields Posts: 812	Is the workbench partition bootable? (it's a tick box in hdtoolbox)

05 August 2015, 21:41	#3
oddodo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: The Neterlands Posts: 109	When i started my Amiga for the first time and look at the bootmenu here was no HDD But after loading the floppy and a reset it did boot.

05 August 2015, 21:48	#4
-Acid- Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shields Posts: 812	It sounds like the drive is not ready to boot as quickly as the Amiga on first boot. If you wait a little and soft reset does it boot or show up in the early boot menu?

05 August 2015, 22:46	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,340	The boot partition has to be less than 2gb and on the first 2gb of the drive to boot with kickstart v3.1

06 August 2015, 07:55	#6
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Or change 2GB to 7,8GB if you're using PFS3AIO

06 August 2015, 10:51	#7
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,340	Interesting. Any file system which uses DirectSCSI has a boot partition size/location limit of 7.8GiB... never knew that... cool.

06 August 2015, 21:42	#11
oddodo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: The Neterlands Posts: 109	Thanks :-) wanted a SCSI controller ;-)

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