Seagate HD in my Alfa Power unit.

shrub3056 · 05 July 2011, 02:41

I'm looking to put a Seagate HD in my Alfa Power unit. It was last used on my PC.

When I have installed it it is not reconised by the sytem.

If it is possible how do I set the jumpers (Cable Select, Master etc) Thanks

cosmicfrog · 05 July 2011, 11:42

whats it on at the moment ??? theres only a choice of 3, I`m going for Master

ok err heheheh modle no and a bit of googleing then, or pic of the jumper block

shrub3056 · 05 July 2011, 19:40

I’m now using HDINSTTOOLS and it picks up my 80gb Seagate drive fine although it’s shown as 8,063 MB.

I’ve installed the Fastfilesystem. When I try to format the drive I get a Format failed error -3.

I’m using WB3.0 Is there a maximum size for a Hard Drive on the Amiga system could this be the cause of the error.

thomas · 05 July 2011, 20:25

AmigaOS in gerneral has a limit of 4GB and the AlfaPower obviously has an 8GB lmit.

-3 means "command not supported by device". Use quick format for harddrives. You never need to format an already formatted drive. Every harddrive comes already formatted from the manufacturer.

shrub3056 · 05 July 2011, 20:55

Does it matter that the Drive was previously used in a PC don’t I need to format it to Amiga Dos.

rkauer · 06 July 2011, 06:37

Just quick format, not a full slow-format.

cosmicfrog · 06 July 2011, 14:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by shrub3056

Does it matter that the Drive was previously used in a PC don’t I need to format it to Amiga Dos.

as unintuitive as it seems the answer is NO, as long as you just do the quick format it should be fine

05 July 2011, 02:41	#1
shrub3056 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 30	Seagate HD in my Alfa Power unit. I'm looking to put a Seagate HD in my Alfa Power unit. It was last used on my PC. When I have installed it it is not reconised by the sytem. If it is possible how do I set the jumpers (Cable Select, Master etc) Thanks

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05 July 2011, 11:42	#2
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	whats it on at the moment ??? theres only a choice of 3, I`m going for Master ok err heheheh modle no and a bit of googleing then, or pic of the jumper block

05 July 2011, 19:40	#3
shrub3056 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 30	I’m now using HDINSTTOOLS and it picks up my 80gb Seagate drive fine although it’s shown as 8,063 MB. I’ve installed the Fastfilesystem. When I try to format the drive I get a Format failed error -3. I’m using WB3.0 Is there a maximum size for a Hard Drive on the Amiga system could this be the cause of the error.

05 July 2011, 20:25	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	AmigaOS in gerneral has a limit of 4GB and the AlfaPower obviously has an 8GB lmit. -3 means "command not supported by device". Use quick format for harddrives. You never need to format an already formatted drive. Every harddrive comes already formatted from the manufacturer.

05 July 2011, 20:55	#5
shrub3056 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 30	Does it matter that the Drive was previously used in a PC don’t I need to format it to Amiga Dos.

06 July 2011, 06:37	#6
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	Just quick format, not a full slow-format.

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