26 February 2010, 06:26 | #1 |
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CD32+SX32- how to format CF card/install WB 3.1?
I have a Compact Flash card, which is 4gb, and a compatible CF to IDE card. I am going to use it with my CD32 with SX32 MK II. The card is currently formatted for FAT32, so how do I format it to work on my system?
I have had a lot of trouble doing it with WinUAE, and I have read many threads about it (they all seem to hard drives needing to be RDB partitioned, but obviously this thing isn't. I want to install workbench 3.1 on it. Perhaps there is a way to format/partition it with some sort of special CD? Thanks for the help! Last edited by RGB_Gamer; 26 February 2010 at 06:47. |
26 February 2010, 08:05 | #2 |
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its only in czech, bu cou can guess how to do it just from pics probably
http://www.amigaportal.cz/index.php?...&Itemid=200273 |
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Ok great, but since my drive is a 4gb drive, how many partitions should I do and how large for each ? My 4gb CF card is currently formatted for FAT. Do I need to partition it in a different tool before trying it in HDToolbox? Last edited by RGB_Gamer; 26 February 2010 at 10:00. |
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Yes, it`s a different file system. Check out this
[ Show youtube player ]. It should help.
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I am following the video, but when I get to HDTools, it doesn't see my Compact Flash card. Last edited by RGB_Gamer; 28 February 2010 at 11:15. |
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Well, that`s the same problem I`m having with WinUAE. I solved it by formating with my A1200. After formating with real Amiga, WinUAE recognizes the card as an empty HDD and installation and preparing works.
I guess I can`t help you at this point since I`m having the same issue. |
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I don't have an A1200 unfortunately. I can't get anywhere in the above video link since WinUAE doesn't recognize my CF card. what boot floppy image should I be using? |
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28 February 2010, 12:09 | #8 |
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did you start winuae with -disableharddrivesafetycheck ?
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28 February 2010, 13:41 | #10 |
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If you use WinUAE 2.0+ and you need to use -disableblahblah to make the card available: drive has PC filesystem and is still mounted in Windows.
Remove it first using Windows disk management. |
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Ok, I ran Winuae without the -disableharddrivesafetycheck option an loaded it up using the workbench install floppy. I then ran HDToolbox and made sure it said SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=uaehf.device
I was FINALLY able to get it to see my CF card. I was able to partition the disk drive, but even though it sees the full 4gb, I made two 250mb partitions (one for the workbench install which is DH0, the other for programs which is DH1), and then a 1900mb partition (DH2) and another with the rest DH3. I then rebooted workbench, and was able to see all the partitions except for DH3. What is the largest size for a partition? Last edited by RGB_Gamer; 01 March 2010 at 06:10. |
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2Gb, as long as it's contained in the first 4Gb.
CF can be a bit finnicky, format your other partitions, then after all that go back and check on DH3: Keep in mind to fast format, not full format the partitions. |
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I ended up having a 3gb+ sized DH2. How would I go about splitting that into 2 equal parts?
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