Cant see my SFS partitions.

DDNI · 06 December 2008, 16:56

Hi main A1200T system refuses to boot from CF or HDD. All of my partitions use SFS. When I boot from a WB3.1 floppy my SFS partitions are not visible.

Early boot menu lists the partitions as there.

Is there an easy fix to get my SFS partitions to show up?

Many thanks.

thomas · 06 December 2008, 17:19

Store SmartFileSystem in the RDB (use HDToolbox' Advanced Options + Add/Update menu).

DDNI · 06 December 2008, 17:25

Hi Thomas, I can only get to a WB by booting from floppy WB3.1 with no startup sequence.
My SFS partitions do not appear (they are on my SCSI chain).

HDToolBox (from wb3.0) when told to look at blizzppc.device, identifies the partitions as having a custom filesystem.
Advanced Options + Add/Update menu show that SFS is installed already.
I dont have access to any SFS install disks with which to add or restore SFS to the RDB

thomas · 06 December 2008, 23:32

Make sure that the DosType (a.k.a. identifier) of SFS in the Add/Update menu is the same as that of the partitions which shall use SFS. Should be 0x53465300 in both places.

thomas · 06 December 2008, 23:34

BTW,

Quote:

I can only get to a WB by booting from floppy WB3.1 with no startup sequence.

Why do you need to boot without startup-sequence ? What happens if you boot *with* startup-sequence ?

DDNI · 07 December 2008, 12:54

I get a constant cycle of reboots.

DDNI · 07 December 2008, 16:10

FIXED.

My IDE HDD on the buffered interface was dying and causing all of my issues...

thanks for your help Thomas

06 December 2008, 16:56	#1
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	Cant see my SFS partitions. Hi main A1200T system refuses to boot from CF or HDD. All of my partitions use SFS. When I boot from a WB3.1 floppy my SFS partitions are not visible. Early boot menu lists the partitions as there. Is there an easy fix to get my SFS partitions to show up? Many thanks.

06 December 2008, 17:25	#3
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	Hi Thomas, I can only get to a WB by booting from floppy WB3.1 with no startup sequence. My SFS partitions do not appear (they are on my SCSI chain). HDToolBox (from wb3.0) when told to look at blizzppc.device, identifies the partitions as having a custom filesystem. Advanced Options + Add/Update menu show that SFS is installed already. I dont have access to any SFS install disks with which to add or restore SFS to the RDB Last edited by DDNI; 06 December 2008 at 17:43.

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06 December 2008, 17:19	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	Store SmartFileSystem in the RDB (use HDToolbox' Advanced Options + Add/Update menu).

06 December 2008, 23:32	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	Make sure that the DosType (a.k.a. identifier) of SFS in the Add/Update menu is the same as that of the partitions which shall use SFS. Should be 0x53465300 in both places.

07 December 2008, 12:54	#6
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	I get a constant cycle of reboots.

07 December 2008, 16:10	#7
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	FIXED. My IDE HDD on the buffered interface was dying and causing all of my issues... thanks for your help Thomas

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