SFS problems

Gavilan · 06 February 2006, 21:39

Hi people: im having big troubles installing SFS to my Amiga.

This is the situation: i have an 20 GB HDD ready to be used on my Amiga.
My Amiga 1200 with Blizzard 1230 already has a 450 MB very old crappy disk, that is saying goodbye forever. I wanted to transfer all info and data, but into a SFS enviroment

What i did was,copy ALL my 450 MB into 20 GB, formatted following SFS installation guide.
I made 3 partitions. First partition 1 about 1.5 gig. Second partition is about 2.5 gig. And the third partition, when i reboot system is....gone!!!
Instead of getting a panic attack, i proceed and installed 3.9 (of course i have roms 3.1 on my machine).
After installation , 2 things happened:
1) i no longer have access to CD-rom. what could it be??
2) MY 3 partition is actually SEEN on the WB screen, but i get a message saying: HD3 is UNRECOGNIZABLE. If i try to format it, after 1% i get a "scsi.device bla bla bla ERROR". So i cant use it!!

I tought that using together 3.9 & SFS i would be able to get full use of a 20 GB hard disk. Im using SFS 1.236 version here.

What am i doing wrong?
Cheers!
Pleasew any admin could it move this thread to the apps forum??
Thanks!!!
Sebastian

thomas · 07 February 2006, 12:55

Don't use full format on a HDD. The format program of OS3.9 is not 64bit-cappable. Quick format is sufficient. Or install BoingBag2, it fixes the format program IIRC. But you don't need to fully format a HDD. It just lasts hours and produces nothing but hot air. Quick format is always sufficient.

After partitioning and formatting, run Check4GB before you copy any data. If Check4GB says, a partition cannot be accessed, you should not try to copy data to it as it will destroy data on other partitions.

That's how you lost your system on WB3.1: formatting HD3 destroyed HD1 as well as the partition table which is stored in the beginning of the HDD, just before HD1.

Gavilan · 07 February 2006, 16:29

Great info thomas, onc again, you save my life...

As soon i get back home, i will try that...strange thing tough, isd that im not able to see my cd-rom anymore after installation of OS39, CD-rom no longer works...(doesnt appear on WB screen)

Anyway, thanks for all tips and patience

Cheers
Sebastian

dir_marillion · 08 February 2006, 10:20

Hello, I have an A2000 equipped with TekMagic 060/56MHz Accelerator. I have tried a lot of times to setup SFS to the SCSI 9GB Hard Disk, but I've failed. As I have succesfully installed SFS to my IDE 2.5" hard disk on my A1200 (scsi.device) I think that SFS is incombatible in some cases (controllers)!!
For the moment, my hard disk on A2000 (at synchronous mode - in latest version of hdinstalltools) gives results (in SYSSpeed) up to 7-9MB/sec.

dir_marillion · 08 March 2006, 12:51

New SFS2 version http://strohmayer.org/sfs/ seems to work now with my GVP Tekmagic 2060.

Strange but great things :-)

Awesome speed. Outer space filesystem.
It seems the best filesystem ever found and installed on my Amiga (I have never used PFS before). I will install it to all of my Amigas.

I noticed great difference (3x/4x) on network speed, especially when I am transferring files from one Amiga to Another.

Also, not hangs at all, using the latest samba 2.2.5 amiga port from www.amigasamba.org.

Big thanks to the author of SFS.

06 February 2006, 21:39	#1
Gavilan Amiga user & abuser Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Age: 48 Posts: 178	SFS problems Hi people: im having big troubles installing SFS to my Amiga. This is the situation: i have an 20 GB HDD ready to be used on my Amiga. My Amiga 1200 with Blizzard 1230 already has a 450 MB very old crappy disk, that is saying goodbye forever. I wanted to transfer all info and data, but into a SFS enviroment What i did was,copy ALL my 450 MB into 20 GB, formatted following SFS installation guide. I made 3 partitions. First partition 1 about 1.5 gig. Second partition is about 2.5 gig. And the third partition, when i reboot system is....gone!!! Instead of getting a panic attack, i proceed and installed 3.9 (of course i have roms 3.1 on my machine). After installation , 2 things happened: 1) i no longer have access to CD-rom. what could it be?? 2) MY 3 partition is actually SEEN on the WB screen, but i get a message saying: HD3 is UNRECOGNIZABLE. If i try to format it, after 1% i get a "scsi.device bla bla bla ERROR". So i cant use it!! I tought that using together 3.9 & SFS i would be able to get full use of a 20 GB hard disk. Im using SFS 1.236 version here. What am i doing wrong? Cheers! Pleasew any admin could it move this thread to the apps forum?? Thanks!!! Sebastian Last edited by Gavilan; 07 February 2006 at 12:43.

08 February 2006, 10:20	#4
dir_marillion Randy Rhoads Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jupiter Age: 50 Posts: 116	Hello, I have an A2000 equipped with TekMagic 060/56MHz Accelerator. I have tried a lot of times to setup SFS to the SCSI 9GB Hard Disk, but I've failed. As I have succesfully installed SFS to my IDE 2.5" hard disk on my A1200 (scsi.device) I think that SFS is incombatible in some cases (controllers)!! For the moment, my hard disk on A2000 (at synchronous mode - in latest version of hdinstalltools) gives results (in SYSSpeed) up to 7-9MB/sec. Last edited by dir_marillion; 08 March 2006 at 12:52.

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07 February 2006, 12:55	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	Don't use full format on a HDD. The format program of OS3.9 is not 64bit-cappable. Quick format is sufficient. Or install BoingBag2, it fixes the format program IIRC. But you don't need to fully format a HDD. It just lasts hours and produces nothing but hot air. Quick format is always sufficient. After partitioning and formatting, run Check4GB before you copy any data. If Check4GB says, a partition cannot be accessed, you should not try to copy data to it as it will destroy data on other partitions. That's how you lost your system on WB3.1: formatting HD3 destroyed HD1 as well as the partition table which is stored in the beginning of the HDD, just before HD1.

07 February 2006, 16:29	#3
Gavilan Amiga user & abuser Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Age: 48 Posts: 178	Great info thomas, onc again, you save my life... As soon i get back home, i will try that...strange thing tough, isd that im not able to see my cd-rom anymore after installation of OS39, CD-rom no longer works...(doesnt appear on WB screen) Anyway, thanks for all tips and patience Cheers Sebastian

08 March 2006, 12:51	#5
dir_marillion Randy Rhoads Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jupiter Age: 50 Posts: 116	New SFS2 version http://strohmayer.org/sfs/ seems to work now with my GVP Tekmagic 2060. Strange but great things :-) Awesome speed. Outer space filesystem. It seems the best filesystem ever found and installed on my Amiga (I have never used PFS before). I will install it to all of my Amigas. I noticed great difference (3x/4x) on network speed, especially when I am transferring files from one Amiga to Another. Also, not hangs at all, using the latest samba 2.2.5 amiga port from www.amigasamba.org. Big thanks to the author of SFS.

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