AmigaOS 3.1 - Partions above 4gb limit

[ancalimon]

I have a FastAta MK4 in my A1200.

I have formatted and partioned a 160gb harddrive using OS3.9. Sfs2 is installed to the rdb and 3 partions are formatted (1gb, 1gb, and the rest)

I installed OS 3.1 to the first partion (1gb in size). When install 3.1 (which has the command "ata3.driver resident quiet") is first loaded, I can see the partion above 4gb. However now when I turn on the A1200 with this hdd connected to the primary port, I can not see that partion.

EDIT: Doh.. It seems like the command added to startup-sequence was "ata3.driver QUIET". I changed it to "ata3.driver resident quiet" and it now works. So enabling the option resident using ATA3Prefs does not work.

[thomas]

I am quite sure you misunderstood the part of the readme quoted by Vot there: http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=960922&postcount=12

This text says

- you need RESIDENT to use harddrives bigger than 8GB
- there are two ways to activate RESIDENT:
a) use "ata3.driver resident quiet" if ata3.driver should reboot
b) use "ata3.driver quiet" and activate RESIDENT in ATA3Prefs if another program causes a reboot, for example OS3.9's SetPatch

RESIDENT needs a reboot to become active. Option b) saves you a reboot if you need to reboot anyway.

[daxb]

Originally Posted by thomas

- you need RESIDENT to use harddrives bigger than 8GB

At least for FastATA MK1 that isn`t true. I`m using 80GB HD not using RESIDENT (as argument or via Prefs). The only thing I have to do ist to activate "some" drives (from DH3: and later partitions) manually:

Einheit   Größe Genutzt    Frei Voll Fhlr    Status       Typ   Name
DF0:   Keine Diskette im Laufwerk
DH0:     735,6M   81,1M  654,5M  11%    0 schr.-/lesbar SFS0    System
DH1:       2,1G  599,5M    1,5G  28%    0 schr.-/lesbar SFS0    Tools
DH2:       3,4G    2,8G  519,5M  85%    0 schr.-/lesbar SFS0    Work
DH3:       1,6G  547,5M    1,1G  34%    0 schr.-/lesbar SFS0    Temp

Starting ata3.driver with RESIDENT all drives are mounted automatically.

[ancalimon]

Originally Posted by thomas

I am quite sure you misunderstood the part of the readme quoted by Vot there: http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=960922&postcount=12

This text says

- you need RESIDENT to use harddrives bigger than 8GB
- there are two ways to activate RESIDENT:
a) use "ata3.driver resident quiet" if ata3.driver should reboot
b) use "ata3.driver quiet" and activate RESIDENT in ATA3Prefs if another program causes a reboot, for example OS3.9's SetPatch

RESIDENT needs a reboot to become active. Option b) saves you a reboot if you need to reboot anyway.

You are right I misunderstood. A reboot is necessary if I only tick resident from Ata3Prefs. It's been a very long time since I have used Amiga without blizkick.