Using a Compact Flash card on a600/a1200 IDE - Page 29

Jope · 17 November 2009, 11:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by emuola

it seems that for example 4d sports driving has some weird filenames (a few spaces in a single filename) that the fat95 doesn't like. The file is reported as "not found" or something similar. Is this a known limitation of fat16/fat95 or what?

The FAT filesystem is not well suited for Amiga files, there are several filename limitations.

If you really want to use it as mass storage, then I suggest you format it as FFS or PFS3 or SFS..

emuola · 19 November 2009, 10:39

Quote:

The FAT filesystem is not well suited for Amiga files, there are several filename limitations.

If you really want to use it as mass storage, then I suggest you format it as FFS or PFS3 or SFS..

Ok, I'll investigate that

Thanks!

jolly11 · 22 November 2009, 08:51

my lexar 256mb definitely doesn't work on amiga..tried with HDinstTool and so on, it freezes when formatting..changed MAXtransfer but same results. btw infos about cf card are read correctly

23 November 2009, 10:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by jolly11

my lexar 256mb definitely doesn't work on amiga..tried with HDinstTool and so on, it freezes when formatting..changed MAXtransfer but same results. btw infos about cf card are read correctly

I had exactly this behaviour with a 4gb Sandisk Ultra II and a 32mb Canon CF; not that this info is much use to you

I have a hunch that these cards dont fully support the ATA standard.

I gave up with these and am just using them formatted as PC in the PCMCIA slot.

rkauer · 23 November 2009, 16:28

Use prepcard from the Workbench installation prior to try to format the unit.

Jope · 23 November 2009, 20:02

Prepcard with CF? Are you sure?

23 November 2009, 20:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Prepcard with CF? Are you sure?

I just get told the card is readonly when I try...

rkauer · 24 November 2009, 02:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Prepcard with CF? Are you sure?

As long as the card is not formatted prior to use, yes.

Toni Wilen · 24 November 2009, 08:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkauer

As long as the card is not formatted prior to use, yes.

Prepcard only works with PCMCIA SRAM cards.

JackTheKnife · 27 November 2009, 04:57

Just have got burned IDE cable (from eBay) with my 4GB CF card

Tomorrow I will take some photos of that disaster

Even I have no idea why it happens

JackTheKnife · 28 November 2009, 20:32

Here goes:

Anemos · 28 November 2009, 20:40

wow! looks like conflict ide voltage lines there!

JackTheKnife · 28 November 2009, 20:53

Strange situation. IDE is not dead, cable is dead and CF card is dead. Cable started to melt after few sec after I had Workbench loaded.

DyLucke · 16 December 2009, 00:13

Is there any new production batch for IDE68K scheduled? I would like to get one of these adapters
Ooops it's not the proper thread, my mistake.

prowler · 16 December 2009, 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by DyLucke

Is there any new production batch for IDE68K scheduled? I would like to get one of these adapters.

CFIDECP (CFIDE68K) (IDE68K) News.

spookt · 16 December 2009, 13:43

Hey all. Just a quick question - I did scan the thread so apologies if I missed it. Is it usual to have no HDD access light when a CF is installed? I just installed an adapter and a CF card using ClassicWB and I don't get any activity light when the card is accessed. The adapter doesn't seem to have a separate LED header.

Not a huge problem since it all seems to work OK.

Jope · 16 December 2009, 13:50

Yes.

VresiBerba · 16 December 2009, 14:26

I just finished off a session on my A1200 using a CF card as a hard drive. I used Killergorilla's guide and made two partitions of 500 and 3000 megabytes. All seems fine except that it doesn't boot on a cold start, but I have to reboot on the purple screen to make the CF boot. I should mention that I have no floppy installed because I have no power cable for it.

Another thing is that certain Amiga programs report the disk as Non Dos, for instance Sysinfo. Why is that?

I have installed ClassicWB on the CF and everything just works flawlessly other than two above issues.

prowler · 16 December 2009, 21:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by spookt

Hey all. Just a quick question - I did scan the thread so apologies if I missed it. Is it usual to have no HDD access light when a CF is installed? I just installed an adapter and a CF card using ClassicWB and I don't get any activity light when the card is accessed. The adapter doesn't seem to have a separate LED header.

Hi spookt,

Some CF-IDE adapters can be modified so that the HDD activity LED indicates CF card activity just the same.

This has been discussed recently on EAB. I'll try to find the thread for you and post link here.

Edit: This is it!
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=35893

Chaeo · 31 January 2010, 02:53

As someone else said, this is a lot of information to trawl through - I can't make head nor tail of what's needed for a single CF boot (preferred dual myself) - for those that have the answers and compatibility list is there any chance it could be posted at the top of the thread - which I thought was the point of a sticky.

My intention was to have 2 cards, one for general use and another for a BBS backup (cron job). I personally have done my best to get an Amiga BBS together so that people can download the files, read the instructions and get going in no time...would be nice if someone could use their knowledge in a clearer way here. The majority of links (for picture reference) are eBay, long dead listings.

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22 November 2009, 08:51	#563
jolly11 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mars Posts: 183	my lexar 256mb definitely doesn't work on amiga..tried with HDinstTool and so on, it freezes when formatting..changed MAXtransfer but same results. btw infos about cf card are read correctly

23 November 2009, 16:28	#565
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	Use prepcard from the Workbench installation prior to try to format the unit.

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Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,911	Prepcard with CF? Are you sure?

27 November 2009, 04:57	#570
JackTheKnife Amiga Fetish Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Downstate NY Age: 49 Posts: 267	Just have got burned IDE cable (from eBay) with my 4GB CF card Tomorrow I will take some photos of that disaster Even I have no idea why it happens

28 November 2009, 20:32	#571
JackTheKnife Amiga Fetish Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Downstate NY Age: 49 Posts: 267	Here goes:

28 November 2009, 20:40	#572
Anemos 70X7 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ἑλλάς Posts: 1,078	wow! looks like conflict ide voltage lines there!

28 November 2009, 20:53	#573
JackTheKnife Amiga Fetish Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Downstate NY Age: 49 Posts: 267	Strange situation. IDE is not dead, cable is dead and CF card is dead. Cable started to melt after few sec after I had Workbench loaded.

16 December 2009, 00:13	#574
DyLucke Cookie Muncher Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spain Age: 49 Posts: 239	Is there any new production batch for IDE68K scheduled? I would like to get one of these adapters Ooops it's not the proper thread, my mistake.

16 December 2009, 13:43	#576
spookt Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Darlington / UK Posts: 35	Hey all. Just a quick question - I did scan the thread so apologies if I missed it. Is it usual to have no HDD access light when a CF is installed? I just installed an adapter and a CF card using ClassicWB and I don't get any activity light when the card is accessed. The adapter doesn't seem to have a separate LED header. Not a huge problem since it all seems to work OK.

16 December 2009, 13:50	#577
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,911	Yes.

16 December 2009, 14:26	#578
VresiBerba Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sweden Posts: 92	I just finished off a session on my A1200 using a CF card as a hard drive. I used Killergorilla's guide and made two partitions of 500 and 3000 megabytes. All seems fine except that it doesn't boot on a cold start, but I have to reboot on the purple screen to make the CF boot. I should mention that I have no floppy installed because I have no power cable for it. Another thing is that certain Amiga programs report the disk as Non Dos, for instance Sysinfo. Why is that? I have installed ClassicWB on the CF and everything just works flawlessly other than two above issues.

31 January 2010, 02:53	#580
Chaeo Monkey Slapper Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK Age: 52 Posts: 71	As someone else said, this is a lot of information to trawl through - I can't make head nor tail of what's needed for a single CF boot (preferred dual myself) - for those that have the answers and compatibility list is there any chance it could be posted at the top of the thread - which I thought was the point of a sticky. My intention was to have 2 cards, one for general use and another for a BBS backup (cron job). I personally have done my best to get an Amiga BBS together so that people can download the files, read the instructions and get going in no time...would be nice if someone could use their knowledge in a clearer way here. The majority of links (for picture reference) are eBay, long dead listings.

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