A1200 HD help please...

Mclane · 29 January 2018, 18:40

Hi folks, after MANY years of not owning real hardware and using WinUae I was gifted a 500, a 1200 and two monitors amongst many other things.

The A1200 has a HD in it as I heard it spin up and when I boot Workbench I can see it but I thought you could autoboot it at turn on?

The HD is all prepped and has workbench on but I seem to remember my old 1200 booting the HD directly without needing a floppy.

What am I not doing right please

Its a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time since I've played with the real kit...

Thanks

Paul..

Amiga1992 · 29 January 2018, 19:04

Make sure the priority for that partition is high enough, and is set to bootable (on early start up menu, if you check the devices, it should have a priority lower than the floppy but higher than zero)

You should replace that ageing hard drive with a compact flash card though.

Mclane · 29 January 2018, 19:12

AH, thank you...

As for the CF, its a nice idea but apart from a play here and there I doubt I'll be back in to it as much as I used to be. Having said that, if there's one at a good price I might reconsider..

We will see...

Thank you for the help..

Amiga1992 · 29 January 2018, 20:07

Compact Flash cards cost next to nothing. A 1GB card and an adapter will probably set you back less than 10 quid.

29 January 2018, 18:40	#1
Mclane Old retro god. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Northolt, West London Age: 62 Posts: 858	A1200 HD help please... Hi folks, after MANY years of not owning real hardware and using WinUae I was gifted a 500, a 1200 and two monitors amongst many other things. The A1200 has a HD in it as I heard it spin up and when I boot Workbench I can see it but I thought you could autoboot it at turn on? The HD is all prepped and has workbench on but I seem to remember my old 1200 booting the HD directly without needing a floppy. What am I not doing right please Its a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time since I've played with the real kit... Thanks Paul..

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29 January 2018, 19:04	#2
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Make sure the priority for that partition is high enough, and is set to bootable (on early start up menu, if you check the devices, it should have a priority lower than the floppy but higher than zero) You should replace that ageing hard drive with a compact flash card though.

29 January 2018, 19:12	#3
Mclane Old retro god. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Northolt, West London Age: 62 Posts: 858	AH, thank you... As for the CF, its a nice idea but apart from a play here and there I doubt I'll be back in to it as much as I used to be. Having said that, if there's one at a good price I might reconsider.. We will see... Thank you for the help..

29 January 2018, 20:07	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Compact Flash cards cost next to nothing. A 1GB card and an adapter will probably set you back less than 10 quid.

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