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Autistic 'n IRN!
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Success at last - Classic Workbench ADVSP + 8GB CF
What a complete nightmare this has been for both the A600 and A1200 in terms of getting a 4GB to work and a 8GB CF. The A600 needed a KS3.1 Rom but it wasn't until much later that I realised the problems came down to not just the adapter but the 8GB CF as well.
I pretty much gave up getting the 8GB working with the A600 and instead went for a very basic 4GB workbench install via a friends image, which meant for the most part it was working fine ( needs more ram though ) However throughout last night and today I just had to get the 8GB working via the A1200, as too many times I've ran out of space and I wanted more! Yet even with multiple images via Facebook friends, and a massive help from FitzSteve, it just wouldn't work(: Error reading DH0 not a DOS disk : Black Screen ![]() Today is a success 1) First of all I used two different online setup guides to be able to have multiple partitions for a larger hard drive (pfs3aio_handler) and then fitzsteve's guide for installing ClassicWB. Yet every time I tried to quick format DH0 or DH1 it would have trouble doing so, such as failing to create a trashcan or not being able to rename the drive. - When I took the adaptor out and put it back in and tried again, it worked, so that showed a CF/PC adaptor fault - 2) Secondly, while the adaptor was working I copied over the system.zip file to the main system DH0 and used the classicwb real amiga install ADF to install ADVSP ![]() 3) Upon installing all my AGA games to DH1 it again ran into that frustrating block error, yet it worked fine with only half the space full. So I deleted the partition, tried a smaller one, and this time everything loaded as it should. 4) Tried to copy over a game though and again block error, so nearly giving up I tried the Pfs3 doctor file which was mentioned in my frustration thread by a helpful member. In using it, it found loads of issues and fixed them all, which meant I had to re-copy over my AGA games... But at least it was all working when I rebooted and played all my games! Oh and it works perfectly in the Amiga 1200 with C:acatune, if anything it's much better than before and I have nearly 2GB of free space to do what I want, with a brand new advsp install. Not the lite version I had before Last edited by Neil79; 12 February 2017 at 12:10. |
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: BO/Italy
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Congrats!
![]() It's true, sometime doing things on a real Amiga is a pain but the satisfaction is even higher after all that work! Enjoy your system! ![]() |
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Code Kitten
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![]() Seriously though, it wouldn't hurt if this process was automatized and streamlined. Any newcomer to the Amiga would conclude that the system is a lost cause and never reach the end of the procedure. If we, as a community, want new people to discover the Amiga, we ought to fix this very process. Given that having a CF card based storage is a huge help in using an Amiga, this should be a priority. |
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Autistic 'n IRN!
Join Date: Jul 2012
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I think we should have images stored on the Zone, such as 4GB - 8GB - A600/A1200 etc
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Professional slacker!
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Problem with that is they'll end up on eBay for £30 a pop, well once the seller writes them to a CF card he buys for 6 quid
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