amiga doesn't boot up

utri007 · 06 June 2003, 19:20

Seems that rdb is dissappeared from HD.

Main prolem is my a1200 doesn't boot from floppy, it has been that way over year, but i haven't need to boot from floppy until now

It works perfektly on Workbench, just booting doesn't work.

Amiga mobo can't be broken, it's new, I change it just to testing.

It's not dirty, I cleaned it today

Please help so that I can start to solve my hd problem

ant512 · 07 June 2003, 09:54

To recover an RDB, you need RDB-Salv by Dave Haynie. There are a few others on the Aminet, but I've found that Haynie's program is the easiest to use and the most reliable.

You've got a problem, though - how do you load the program if you can't boot from floppy? In short, you can't.

The floppy problem has four possible causes - broken disk drive, broken drive cable, or a broken controller on the motherboard. As this is a new motherboard, we can rule out a broken floppy controller. A broken cable is unlikely, so you've probably got a broken floppy drive.

The last possible cause is also fairly likely if you download a lot of software (particularly ADFs) from the internet. You may have a virus that has been systematically re-writing all of your floppies' boot blocks. Find a disk you haven't used for over a year and, after powering the computer off for about 30 seconds, try to boot from it.

If the cause isn't a virus, the simple and cheap solution to a broken drive is to buy a second-hand Amiga (any sort) from a car boot sale for £5, take the floppy drive out of it and put it into your existing machine.

A more expensive solution is to find an Amiga retailer selling new floppy drives and buy one of those, or alternatively buy a PC floppy drive and the relevant PC-Amiga floppy interface.

BippyM · 07 June 2003, 12:50

Alternatively if you have an external drive, you can boot into WB with that!

thomas · 07 June 2003, 16:39

RDB-Salv was written by Angela Schmidt, not Dave Haynie.

You can also use RDBrecov instead. It is not as comfortable as RDB-Salv but it is free. And it finds PFS and SFS partitions, too, if you have such.

Bye,
Thomas

thomas · 07 June 2003, 16:40

Quote:

Bye,
Thomas

Oh I'm so sorry, I forgot again...

scaf · 07 June 2003, 23:24

If you have another PC floppy drive, you can use this hack : http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet/h...ck/PcF2AmF.lha

It worked for my A500, but i don't know if it'll work a 1200.

06 June 2003, 19:20	#1
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,664	amiga doesn't boot up Seems that rdb is dissappeared from HD. Main prolem is my a1200 doesn't boot from floppy, it has been that way over year, but i haven't need to boot from floppy until now It works perfektly on Workbench, just booting doesn't work. Amiga mobo can't be broken, it's new, I change it just to testing. It's not dirty, I cleaned it today Please help so that I can start to solve my hd problem

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07 June 2003, 09:54	#2
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 965	To recover an RDB, you need RDB-Salv by Dave Haynie. There are a few others on the Aminet, but I've found that Haynie's program is the easiest to use and the most reliable. You've got a problem, though - how do you load the program if you can't boot from floppy? In short, you can't. The floppy problem has four possible causes - broken disk drive, broken drive cable, or a broken controller on the motherboard. As this is a new motherboard, we can rule out a broken floppy controller. A broken cable is unlikely, so you've probably got a broken floppy drive. The last possible cause is also fairly likely if you download a lot of software (particularly ADFs) from the internet. You may have a virus that has been systematically re-writing all of your floppies' boot blocks. Find a disk you haven't used for over a year and, after powering the computer off for about 30 seconds, try to boot from it. If the cause isn't a virus, the simple and cheap solution to a broken drive is to buy a second-hand Amiga (any sort) from a car boot sale for £5, take the floppy drive out of it and put it into your existing machine. A more expensive solution is to find an Amiga retailer selling new floppy drives and buy one of those, or alternatively buy a PC floppy drive and the relevant PC-Amiga floppy interface.

07 June 2003, 12:50	#3
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Alternatively if you have an external drive, you can boot into WB with that!

07 June 2003, 16:39	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,004	RDB-Salv was written by Angela Schmidt, not Dave Haynie. You can also use RDBrecov instead. It is not as comfortable as RDB-Salv but it is free. And it finds PFS and SFS partitions, too, if you have such. Bye, Thomas

07 June 2003, 23:24	#6
scaf Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: france Age: 48 Posts: 116	If you have another PC floppy drive, you can use this hack : http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet/h...ck/PcF2AmF.lha It worked for my A500, but i don't know if it'll work a 1200.

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