8 GB Compact Flash card

Kenan · 07 June 2013, 16:19

I read the pinned guide:

Quote:

The 7,87GB limitDescription: Max HDD or card capacity 7,87GB (total drive size).
Applies to: A600/1200/4000 IDE with modern filesystem but original IDE driver (scsi.device)

Reason: CHS addressing is artificially limited to 7,87GB (16383/16/63) by the ATA-specification, therefore larger drives still report 7.87GB size when accessed with CHS. (CHS was made obsolete in ATA-6 in 2002)

Source: Scsi.device, as it only supports CHS addressing. (But when given larger than ATA-standard CHS values, it works correctly up to 128GB.)

So, can explain me what is the easiest way to make the 8GB CF card work on my A1200? Is the scsi.device available in WinUAE and how do I set it up?

Thanks.

thomas · 07 June 2013, 16:40

In WinUAE select an A1200 or A4000 quickstart config. To be sure, go to the ROMs page and check that it has selected an A1200 or A4000 ROM, then go to the Chipset page and check that it has selected a chipset matching the ROM.

Now go to the Harddrives page, click on Add Harddrive, select your CF card, tick the Read/Write box and change controller to IDE0. The latter will connect the CF card to the internal IDE port of the emulated Amiga.

Now you can handle the CF card with Amiga software as if it was connected to a real Amiga (which means it uses scsi.device as driver).

To make all 7.87 GiB available you only need a capable file system, for example Aminet - disk/misc/pfs3aio.lha

Note that 7.87 GiB means 8,455,200,768 Bytes. Most manufacturers would call this 8.46 GB which means that your 8 GB card is probably smaller than the limit. What I want to say is that it's not worth the hassle with scsi.device patches because the mentioned file system is sufficient for 8 GB.

Kenan · 07 June 2013, 18:35

^^Thank you.

Kenan · 07 June 2013, 19:22

This is just great..I inserted a CF to the card reader on the PC (the card already has WB installed, it's a 4GB card) just to test things out, and even after loading up Install 3.1. and setting the device as either SCSI or Uahf in the Information (-> Save) and then clicking on the HDToolBox icon, it simply can't list/see my CF card as a hard drive. What am I doing wrong?

demolition · 07 June 2013, 20:25

Is it mounted properly in WinUAE?
It has to say [3.8GB, RW] next to the CF card in the harddrive list.

Edit: Use uaehf.device is you select UAE controller, scsi.device if IDE0.

fitzsteve · 07 June 2013, 20:41

Are you running as Admin? (You must 'right click' and run as 'administrator' on the Icon)

demolition · 07 June 2013, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Are you running as Admin? (You must 'right click' and run as 'administrator' on the Icon)

Shouldn't be necessary with an already prepared card, but still can't hurt. At least I never had trouble booting from CF cards in non-admin mode.

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07 June 2013, 16:40	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	In WinUAE select an A1200 or A4000 quickstart config. To be sure, go to the ROMs page and check that it has selected an A1200 or A4000 ROM, then go to the Chipset page and check that it has selected a chipset matching the ROM. Now go to the Harddrives page, click on Add Harddrive, select your CF card, tick the Read/Write box and change controller to IDE0. The latter will connect the CF card to the internal IDE port of the emulated Amiga. Now you can handle the CF card with Amiga software as if it was connected to a real Amiga (which means it uses scsi.device as driver). To make all 7.87 GiB available you only need a capable file system, for example Aminet - disk/misc/pfs3aio.lha Note that 7.87 GiB means 8,455,200,768 Bytes. Most manufacturers would call this 8.46 GB which means that your 8 GB card is probably smaller than the limit. What I want to say is that it's not worth the hassle with scsi.device patches because the mentioned file system is sufficient for 8 GB.

07 June 2013, 18:35	#3
Kenan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Rijeka, Croatia Posts: 194	^^Thank you.

07 June 2013, 19:22	#4
Kenan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Rijeka, Croatia Posts: 194	This is just great..I inserted a CF to the card reader on the PC (the card already has WB installed, it's a 4GB card) just to test things out, and even after loading up Install 3.1. and setting the device as either SCSI or Uahf in the Information (-> Save) and then clicking on the HDToolBox icon, it simply can't list/see my CF card as a hard drive. What am I doing wrong?

07 June 2013, 20:25	#5
demolition Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Copenhagen / DK Age: 43 Posts: 4,190	Is it mounted properly in WinUAE? It has to say [3.8GB, RW] next to the CF card in the harddrive list. Edit: Use uaehf.device is you select UAE controller, scsi.device if IDE0.

07 June 2013, 20:41	#6
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Are you running as Admin? (You must 'right click' and run as 'administrator' on the Icon)

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