Of help? HDD preparation and WB installation plus ADF to real disks

InTheSand · 09 March 2007, 03:13

Hi,

Hope this of use, I've created a couple of tutorials:

Hard Drive / Workbench Installation

Covers the steps required to physically install a 2.5" hard drive into an A1200, then partitioning and finally installing Workbench 3.0 from floppies

Transferring Disk Images From PCs

Shows how to transfer ADFs (located on a PC) to real Amiga disks, using an unexpanded A1200 and external floppy drive

Cheers,

- Ali

killergorilla · 09 March 2007, 10:30

That looks like a very helpful and very well presented set of tutorials.

Nicely done mate.

This should definitely be stickied or added to the wiki or whatever. Awesome work.

lopos2000 · 09 March 2007, 10:39

Well done mate. Nice tutorials. Should be added to the EAB FAQ's.

ppill · 09 March 2007, 11:36

Well done!

Did you use a special script to create the layout or was it done by hand? I want to do something similiar for the various methods of transfer provided by the Hombre disk so I would appreciate any advice

The ADF transfer could be shortened a bit (by using for example transADF which can transfer (g)zipped files straight to a disk) but it seems easy to follow anyway.
Great work, I'm sure many people will find it useful.

DamienD · 09 March 2007, 13:11

Hello InTheSand,

Very nice work, easy to follow and loads of pictures

Thanks for sharing

Anubis · 09 March 2007, 18:58

Good work! Nice and easy to follow!

I had no idea you can tape HD floppy to make it into DD?!

Is that true?

Retro-Nerd · 09 March 2007, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anubis

Good work! Nice and easy to follow!

I had no idea you can tape HD floppy to make it into DD?!

Is that true?

Yes, it prevents the HD disk detection by the drive.

I like the guides, very detailled and descriptive. Good work.

InTheSand · 09 March 2007, 21:16

Hi, thanks for the feedback!

Glad they're of use. I plan to do some more at some point, things on my list are:

Basic A1200 networking with the demo version of AmiTCP and a PCMCIA network card supported by cnet.device
OS 3.9 installation (including the hassles that sometimes occur when booting from the emergency disk and having no CD access!)
SFS installation

There's no timeframe on these - they'll be done when they're done! Any other suggestions for guides will also be considered.

@ppill - the layout is more or less by hand - the tables have CSS attributes for the formatting (but the whole lot is still viewable on non-CSS browsers, looks OK enough in AWeb!), and a small PHP function to generate the previous/next/page number links.

Cheers,

- Ali

jabsy · 11 March 2007, 08:14

Nice guides.

Killergorilla already did a great SFS Install Guide which helped me out no end.

Good luck.

DamienD · 11 March 2007, 15:56

Let not forget Paul's awesome guides

http://guide.abime.net/

09 March 2007, 03:13	#1
InTheSand Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nelson, New Zealand Posts: 43	Of help? HDD preparation and WB installation plus ADF to real disks Hi, Hope this of use, I've created a couple of tutorials: Hard Drive / Workbench Installation Covers the steps required to physically install a 2.5" hard drive into an A1200, then partitioning and finally installing Workbench 3.0 from floppies Transferring Disk Images From PCs Shows how to transfer ADFs (located on a PC) to real Amiga disks, using an unexpanded A1200 and external floppy drive Cheers, - Ali

09 March 2007, 21:16	#8
InTheSand Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nelson, New Zealand Posts: 43	Hi, thanks for the feedback! Glad they're of use. I plan to do some more at some point, things on my list are: Basic A1200 networking with the demo version of AmiTCP and a PCMCIA network card supported by cnet.device OS 3.9 installation (including the hassles that sometimes occur when booting from the emergency disk and having no CD access!) SFS installation There's no timeframe on these - they'll be done when they're done! Any other suggestions for guides will also be considered. @ppill - the layout is more or less by hand - the tables have CSS attributes for the formatting (but the whole lot is still viewable on non-CSS browsers, looks OK enough in AWeb!), and a small PHP function to generate the previous/next/page number links. Cheers, - Ali

11 March 2007, 08:14	#9
jabsy Yeah Hup! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 54 Posts: 345	Nice guides. Killergorilla already did a great SFS Install Guide which helped me out no end. Good luck. Last edited by jabsy; 12 March 2007 at 09:10.

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09 March 2007, 10:30	#2
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	That looks like a very helpful and very well presented set of tutorials. Nicely done mate. This should definitely be stickied or added to the wiki or whatever. Awesome work.

09 March 2007, 10:39	#3
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	Well done mate. Nice tutorials. Should be added to the EAB FAQ's.

09 March 2007, 11:36	#4
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	Well done! Did you use a special script to create the layout or was it done by hand? I want to do something similiar for the various methods of transfer provided by the Hombre disk so I would appreciate any advice The ADF transfer could be shortened a bit (by using for example transADF which can transfer (g)zipped files straight to a disk) but it seems easy to follow anyway. Great work, I'm sure many people will find it useful.

09 March 2007, 13:11	#5
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Hello InTheSand, Very nice work, easy to follow and loads of pictures Thanks for sharing

09 March 2007, 18:58	#6
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,058	Good work! Nice and easy to follow! I had no idea you can tape HD floppy to make it into DD?! Is that true?

11 March 2007, 15:56	#10
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Let not forget Paul's awesome guides http://guide.abime.net/

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