A4091, scsi zip & fat95

[Lamaman71]

Hi Folks,

My A4000d has an A4091 and an external SCSI Zip drive attached. It works fine with FFS. Id like to get it working under FAT95 if possible so that I can transfer files between the A4000 and my PC without needing to break out WinUAE.

Ive installed FAT95 and updated my DOSDriver for both l:fat95 and with a DOSTYPE of 0x46415401.

I can format the drive on both systems - but the files dont appear when copied over - so plainly something isnt quite right.

The OS is 3.2.2.1.

Anyone got any tips?

[thomas]

Did you select Window -> Show -> All files from the menu?

[Nor Bert]

It can't be that simple not to know about it (show all files)

[Lamaman71]

Haha no, it wasn’t that.

Some experiments with my dosdriver zip file settings and I got it working - I’ll post the working settings when I get home this evening!

[Lamaman71]

In the event anyone needs this :

Device = a4091.device
FileSystem = L:Fat95
Unit = 5
Flags = 0
Surfaces = 2
SectorsPerTrack = 68
SectorSize = 512
Reserved = 1
Interleave = 0
Buffers = 136
BufMemType = 0
MaxTransfer = 0x0ffffffe
Mask = 0x7FFFFFFE
BootPri = -127
StackSize = 2000
Priority = 10
DosType = 0x4d534800
LowCyl = 0
HighCyl = 1535
Mount = 1
Activate = 1
GlobVec = -1
ForceLoad = 1

[Dale423]

3.2.2.1 CrossDos Filesystem also works, no need for fat95.

[Lamaman71]

I thought there was a long filename limitation in CrossDos?

[Jope]

Originally Posted by Lamaman71

I thought there was a long filename limitation in CrossDos?

The ones in 3.1.4 and newer (by date) have long filenames.

[Lamaman71]

Ill take a look at that - dont suppose you know if the DosType would need to change?

[Jope]

Yeah, the DOSType and also the last letter of the mount file's name is relevant. It uses a combination of these to determine which partition to mount from the MBR partition table.

Usually you want the mount file to end in a C for the first or only partition.

Check the 3.2 FAQ, Section 2.13.

https://aminet.net/package/docs/help/AmigaOS_3.2-FAQ

You can also hit the help key for the online help and this information is also there.
Section 15 MountList and Mount Files has a list of all the DOSTypes that the included filesystem handlers know. The online help also has the FAQ in it.

[Lamaman71]

I shall take a look - I guess I defaulted to FAT95 from my experience with PCMCIA and the A1200 - this looks super interesting though! Thanks Jope, as always!