Add Harddrive Issue

Echo · 04 December 2003, 11:20

I've had a search back through related posts in case there was a solution, but I can see none after trawling about 40 results.

Now that I've significantly altered my real A1200's Work and Workbench partitions to log on to my LAN, I'd like to back this whole working configuration up in case of failure.

So I plonked my Amiga hard drive in the PC, run WinUAE with my usual configuration, adding the hard drive before booting up.

It works, however only the first partition (Workbench, HD0) appears after booting. I have renamed WinUAE's device names and volume labels to avoid potential clashes, so it's not that.

Work has the majority of data, so I really need this to appear under WinUAE.

Any help appreciated.

p.s. I've tried backing it up via FTP over the LAN, but it took an hour just for the first 700 files - I have over 15,000 on the drive and to be honest don't trust that it'll queue every single one correctly.

abelthorne · 04 December 2003, 11:28

I plugged an Amiga harddisk in a PC a few days ago to get back some data and WinUAE recognized all my paritions (there were 6 or 7 paritions on the HD) without doing something special...

Maybe your Work partition is formatted using a fs (SFS, PFS, etc.) that WinUAE doesn't recognize ?

Echo · 04 December 2003, 11:32

Shit, of course.

I am indeed using a custom filesystem on Work/HD1, SFS if memory serves. I got sick of crashes resulting in uncorrectable checksum errors. I left Workbench/HD0 as FFS because SFS was unreliable on the boot partition.

Looks like I'm stuffed then

Thanks for the tip.

Toni Wilen · 04 December 2003, 11:40

WinUAE does support custom filesystems (I have personally tested SFS and it works fine, it even boots properly)

Problem is most likely caused by bug in RDB-parser or custom filesystem loader. I think RDB-dump will help me to fix it..

Echo · 04 December 2003, 11:46

Thanks Toni - I've just PM'd you UAE's log, and will try to get HDToolbox's report to you when I get home tonight.

Echo · 05 December 2003, 18:18

Ouch, on putting the drive back in the Amiga my Work partition appears to have been destroyed

I have an older backup on Zip disk thank God, but I'm never risking putting it in a PC again.

Amiga1992 · 05 December 2003, 18:29

Tsk. Bloody PCs. I would never do such a thing, putting my Amiga HD in a filthy beamer!!!
Glad you had your backup alrightey.

Echo · 05 December 2003, 18:40

I don't know whether it was BIOS, Windows or WinUAE.

Having more hassle now because I just realised my zip disk backups are in Fat95 format (for PC compatibility), and my emergency recovery floppy disk was expecting AFS.

I'm trying to get the Fat95 system to it via PC floppy - I've copied over crossdos to L: and the PC0 mount from the vanilla WB 3 disk - doesn't seem to mount it. Anything I'm missing?

What a fun Friday night

Edit: Not to worry, got the drive mounted now. Should be restored in half an hour

Amiga1992 · 23 January 2005, 03:51

I am about to try this but I got scared by this post. Is there any risk in mputting my HD in the PC? Now that I run XP I htought about backing up my drive and copying some shit over.

Both my partitions are FFS but I am thinking of making them info SFS later. Thats why I wanted to back all up.

04 December 2003, 11:20	#1
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	Add Harddrive Issue I've had a search back through related posts in case there was a solution, but I can see none after trawling about 40 results. Now that I've significantly altered my real A1200's Work and Workbench partitions to log on to my LAN, I'd like to back this whole working configuration up in case of failure. So I plonked my Amiga hard drive in the PC, run WinUAE with my usual configuration, adding the hard drive before booting up. It works, however only the first partition (Workbench, HD0) appears after booting. I have renamed WinUAE's device names and volume labels to avoid potential clashes, so it's not that. Work has the majority of data, so I really need this to appear under WinUAE. Any help appreciated. p.s. I've tried backing it up via FTP over the LAN, but it took an hour just for the first 700 files - I have over 15,000 on the drive and to be honest don't trust that it'll queue every single one correctly.

05 December 2003, 18:40	#8
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	I don't know whether it was BIOS, Windows or WinUAE. Having more hassle now because I just realised my zip disk backups are in Fat95 format (for PC compatibility), and my emergency recovery floppy disk was expecting AFS. I'm trying to get the Fat95 system to it via PC floppy - I've copied over crossdos to L: and the PC0 mount from the vanilla WB 3 disk - doesn't seem to mount it. Anything I'm missing? What a fun Friday night Edit: Not to worry, got the drive mounted now. Should be restored in half an hour Last edited by Echo; 05 December 2003 at 19:05.

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04 December 2003, 11:28	#2
abelthorne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: France Posts: 142	I plugged an Amiga harddisk in a PC a few days ago to get back some data and WinUAE recognized all my paritions (there were 6 or 7 paritions on the HD) without doing something special... Maybe your Work partition is formatted using a fs (SFS, PFS, etc.) that WinUAE doesn't recognize ?

04 December 2003, 11:32	#3
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	Shit, of course. I am indeed using a custom filesystem on Work/HD1, SFS if memory serves. I got sick of crashes resulting in uncorrectable checksum errors. I left Workbench/HD0 as FFS because SFS was unreliable on the boot partition. Looks like I'm stuffed then Thanks for the tip.

04 December 2003, 11:40	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,534	WinUAE does support custom filesystems (I have personally tested SFS and it works fine, it even boots properly) Problem is most likely caused by bug in RDB-parser or custom filesystem loader. I think RDB-dump will help me to fix it..

04 December 2003, 11:46	#5
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	Thanks Toni - I've just PM'd you UAE's log, and will try to get HDToolbox's report to you when I get home tonight.

05 December 2003, 18:18	#6
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	Ouch, on putting the drive back in the Amiga my Work partition appears to have been destroyed I have an older backup on Zip disk thank God, but I'm never risking putting it in a PC again.

05 December 2003, 18:29	#7
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Tsk. Bloody PCs. I would never do such a thing, putting my Amiga HD in a filthy beamer!!! Glad you had your backup alrightey.

23 January 2005, 03:51	#9
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	I am about to try this but I got scared by this post. Is there any risk in mputting my HD in the PC? Now that I run XP I htought about backing up my drive and copying some shit over. Both my partitions are FFS but I am thinking of making them info SFS later. Thats why I wanted to back all up.

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