Harddrives

Arnie · 04 September 2005, 17:43

I`ve just got hold of a USB2.0 enclsure for 2.5 inch HardDrives.
I installed my old Amiga Harddrive, connected it to the Pc, loaded Winuae and it worked first time. What a great program Winuae is.

My hat goes off to you Tony Wilen

Leo42 · 08 September 2005, 15:53

Seems like I had less luck

I can't make my harddrive to work... The drive is recognized by windows.
I clicked "add harddrive" and added it in UAE and whenever I run UAE, the HD led stays lit and the emulator hangs. (F12 won't do anything, the only possible way is to kill the winuae task...)

Leo.

Toni Wilen · 08 September 2005, 19:07

Does the drive/usb enclosure work under Windows? Can you format (full format) it under Windows?

Note that you need to use command line parameter (see readme.txt) if drive contains PC partitions. (=after formatting it under Windows)

Leo42 · 08 September 2005, 20:05

Forcing transfer mode to PIO-0 in BIOS made it work. Now everything is OK.

[QUOTE=Toni Wilen]Does the drive/usb enclosure work under Windows? Can you format (full format) it under Windows?
[quote]
I surely did not want to format it !!

The drive was recognized, dunno if it could have been formatted...

Thanks for the fast reply anyway.

Toni Wilen · 08 September 2005, 20:55

You mean it was old, Amiga formatted drive? Very old IDE harddrives may have problems with "new" transfer modes..

Leo42 · 08 September 2005, 21:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

You mean it was old, Amiga formatted drive? Very old IDE harddrives may have problems with "new" transfer modes..

Well, it's quite old, yes: 250Mb from 1993. I thought that the PC would automaticaly fallback to a supported mode for the drive, and it did not as I had to specify it by hand in the BIOS...

Toni Wilen · 10 September 2005, 10:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo42

Well, it's quite old, yes: 250Mb from 1993. I thought that the PC would automaticaly fallback to a supported mode for the drive, and it did not as I had to specify it by hand in the BIOS...

Most likely drive firmware bug in higher transfer modes.

Seblington · 18 September 2005, 23:43

Wow, never knew that you could do that! I have been transfering files via CD or floppy, what a great program, I have it installed on my laptop, I still have the problem with magic colours, I have a GFX card in my 1200 and 4000 running at 16 bit still the colours do not match, tried colourfix, didn't work

04 September 2005, 17:43	#1
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Harddrives I`ve just got hold of a USB2.0 enclsure for 2.5 inch HardDrives. I installed my old Amiga Harddrive, connected it to the Pc, loaded Winuae and it worked first time. What a great program Winuae is. My hat goes off to you Tony Wilen

18 September 2005, 23:43	#8
Seblington Amiga Nutter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon. Age: 43 Posts: 220	Wow, never knew that you could do that! I have been transfering files via CD or floppy, what a great program, I have it installed on my laptop, I still have the problem with magic colours, I have a GFX card in my 1200 and 4000 running at 16 bit still the colours do not match, tried colourfix, didn't work Last edited by Seblington; 04 October 2005 at 11:27.

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08 September 2005, 15:53	#2
Leo42 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Paris Posts: 134	Seems like I had less luck I can't make my harddrive to work... The drive is recognized by windows. I clicked "add harddrive" and added it in UAE and whenever I run UAE, the HD led stays lit and the emulator hangs. (F12 won't do anything, the only possible way is to kill the winuae task...) Leo.

08 September 2005, 19:07	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,517	Does the drive/usb enclosure work under Windows? Can you format (full format) it under Windows? Note that you need to use command line parameter (see readme.txt) if drive contains PC partitions. (=after formatting it under Windows)

08 September 2005, 20:05	#4
Leo42 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Paris Posts: 134	Forcing transfer mode to PIO-0 in BIOS made it work. Now everything is OK. [QUOTE=Toni Wilen]Does the drive/usb enclosure work under Windows? Can you format (full format) it under Windows? [quote] I surely did not want to format it !! The drive was recognized, dunno if it could have been formatted... Thanks for the fast reply anyway.

08 September 2005, 20:55	#5
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,517	You mean it was old, Amiga formatted drive? Very old IDE harddrives may have problems with "new" transfer modes..

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