help needed creating a 4gig .hdf file

petee1979 · 02 July 2009, 09:24

hi all

i am wanting to create a 4gig .hdf file in winuae 1.6.1 i have it set to a standard A1200 with a 4mb memory expansion which is the same as my real A1200, when i go to create the hard drive it says it is 4000mb when in workbench 3.1 it shows as 984mb

any suggestions?

s2325 · 02 July 2009, 09:27

could you tell me why you need so big file? can't you make instead four 1GB hdfs?

petee1979 · 02 July 2009, 09:32

i am getting a 4 gig cf card which will be put into my A1200, i was hoping to only have one partition which i was going to setup in winuae then just copy it to the cf card, at the least i would like say a 512mb as dh0: then the rest as dh1:

petee1979 · 02 July 2009, 10:00

I ended up correcting this problem by changing the surfaces to "8" when creating the .hdf, it stops UAE having a hairy.

thanks for your reply earlier.

thomas · 02 July 2009, 10:06

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I ended up correcting this problem by changing the surfaces to "8" when creating the .hdf

This HDF will not work in a real Amiga when written to CF. You should set Sectors, Surfaces and Reserved to 0 (just click on Enable RDB mode) and use HDToolbox to partition it. That's the same you have to do with the CF card.

Toni Wilen · 02 July 2009, 10:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by petee1979

I ended up correcting this problem by changing the surfaces to "8" when creating the .hdf, it stops UAE having a hairy.

No, it is your AmigaOS version which is too old to understand more than 65535 cylinders. EDIT: message is just a warning that hardfile may not work correctly with current geometry settings.

(and see above answer, you really should use hdtoolbox)

sebmacfly · 09 July 2009, 21:10

Tell me if i'm wrong but i think that the Amiga1200 don't show the exact free space.... maybe he say 984mb... and really you have more......??

02 July 2009, 09:24	#1
petee1979 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: newcastle Posts: 17	help needed creating a 4gig .hdf file hi all i am wanting to create a 4gig .hdf file in winuae 1.6.1 i have it set to a standard A1200 with a 4mb memory expansion which is the same as my real A1200, when i go to create the hard drive it says it is 4000mb when in workbench 3.1 it shows as 984mb any suggestions?

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02 July 2009, 09:27	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	could you tell me why you need so big file? can't you make instead four 1GB hdfs?

02 July 2009, 09:32	#3
petee1979 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: newcastle Posts: 17	i am getting a 4 gig cf card which will be put into my A1200, i was hoping to only have one partition which i was going to setup in winuae then just copy it to the cf card, at the least i would like say a 512mb as dh0: then the rest as dh1:

02 July 2009, 10:00	#4
petee1979 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: newcastle Posts: 17	I ended up correcting this problem by changing the surfaces to "8" when creating the .hdf, it stops UAE having a hairy. thanks for your reply earlier.

09 July 2009, 21:10	#7
sebmacfly Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: FRANCE Age: 45 Posts: 158	Tell me if i'm wrong but i think that the Amiga1200 don't show the exact free space.... maybe he say 984mb... and really you have more......??

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