Setting up internal cf card?

[FOL]

Originally Posted by thomas

I'm not talking about buffers but about the memory needed to build the bitmap. It's a one time job after formatting or when the disk-validator starts up. During normal operation the memory is not needed.

Learnt something new. I never knew that.

[jazzyalba2108]

hey cheers THOMAS, i will try that as the workbench folder or partition seems to have formatted no issue and that holds 200MB.

[idrougge]

Originally Posted by thomas

You should also consider that 400 MB is plenty of space for an Amiga. Even if you count 2 MB per game you can save 200 Games on that partition. You won't ever be able to play all those. So why don't you just leave it as it is? You can still add more partitions when the 400 MB are full. Or when you get more memory.

What Thomas said. Keep in mind that a PC from the same era can't even go beyond 420 MB without trickery.

[jazzyalba2108]

ok does the fact that its a 600 the issue? could my 600 be faulty?

[jazzyalba2108]

hey guys, I have received a very kindly cf card donanted from SUPADUPER and adapter today many thanks. however, for some reason I cannot play any games. also nothing seems to be loading up? I installed the card, just took my old one and replaced. all loaded up correctly, very quickly to WB. that's where I am now. when I click on the games menu, click on a random game. it says "CANT OPEN YOUR TOOL 'SYSTEM1:C/WHDLOAD"???? I tried opening deluxe paint, nothing happened. tried opening a couple WB apps, again nothing happened?

[supaduper]

You will need a minimum of 2mb of ram to run that system, I partitioned it in PFS3 and it eats valuable ram thats why it wont run anything, it will boot but not run apps ect.
You will need to add more ram my friend then it will be usable, 1mb is really not enough on a PFS3 CF system Amiga

**EDIT

just ran the HDF under emulation in WinUAE on a Vanilla A600....and I was right it does not have enough ram to run the system , so invest in some ram you wont regret it

[jazzyalba2108]

cheers dude. how much does RAM cost, would it be easier getting a 1200?? any takers for my 600 lol

[supaduper]

Yes get an A1200 LoL

[jazzyalba2108]

hey guys seriously if anyone is interested in my 600, they are more than welcome. I can take pics etc. just let me know!

[jotd]

I think I had a similar issue: I couldn't format my HDD properly with WinUAE: it worked with WinUAE but not on the A1200. I formatted from the A1200 and then it worked fine. Is that your issue? (don't give up playing on A600 is much better than emulation, on my desk currently sitting a PC and a A1200 from where I play games)

[MigaTech]

Originally Posted by jazzyalba2108

i don't want to spend anymore money, i have lost my love for this now. wouldn't emulation just be easier. does someone want a 600!!!

SOLD!! If you don't want it sell me, then I shall complete the set-up you want and sell it back to you. Do we have an accord?

No really, your problem is definitely CR< Chip Ram. You could NOT go wrong offering FR< Fast Ram to it either. Still procedure under Amiga environment should be, stay calm and keep trying.

Try updating the FFS and change the addressing to 0x1fe00 from 0x00ffffff make sure you save changes and the system requests reboot. then format the partitions. Do this on the larger partitions only.

Workbench should be no more than 350MB in this case.
File version 1.277 is epic but I have never used it with the lower chipsets or WB's.

[jazzyalba2108]

but how much is RAM?

[jazzyalba2108]

in regards to more RAM, why does the message show up "CANT OPEN YOUR TOOL 'SYSTEM1:C/WHDLOAD" surely that would mean that there isn't the folder or WHDLOAD isn't installed properly?

[MigaTech]

Ram is everything, without it the Amiga cannot carry out procedures correctly. 2MB Chip Ram is a must. Also you would be doing yourself a massive favour upgrading your ROM's to 3.1 and installing OS3.1. < Although without Fast Ram it would be quite slow.

The WHDLoad problem is steering towards an installation error, although Amiga is a complicated machine to set-up correctly. I always use Amiga computers to set-up hard drives < Never PC.

You could try reinstalling WHDLoad to see if it renders your problem. If I was you, either start seriously thinking about upgrading the RAM status or invest in an Amiga 1200.

RAM is available on eBay or from AmigaKit.

Link to AmigaKit 600 Ram upgrade below:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...oducts_id=1151

[supaduper]

Trust me my friend its all ram related the errors you are seeing are because it cant load the game because of insufficent ram,just ignore the error messages its miss-leading you, it has not got the resources to carry out what you are asking it to do, I,E insuffucient RAM, As i said I have already tried the exact system under emulation, you need more ram
and as for a program like DPaint you will have no chance running that on 1mb

[jazzyalba2108]

okay thanks, its just I found similar issues on this very site

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=58516
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=15152
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=36328
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=49297

would it not be worth putting INSTALLER in the C:?

[jazzyalba2108]

just out of interest, is there a way with the games that are on there, to put them onto disk, so I can at least play that way? I have easyadf?

[MigaTech]

If you are stating that your system is unable to open Installer? Then yes install the Installer program to C directory.

Easiest way to do this, use DOPUS select workbench partition from your CF, select C: directory and copy Installer to here. Before you do this check in the list to see if Installer is there or not?

Still think it is more of a Ram related issue though.

[jazzyalba2108]

okay does anyone know about copying games onto disk? I have easyadf if that helps

[jazzyalba2108]

i dont think the games have been installed, that is the fault. once again how do I do a dirty disk copy, using EASYADF?