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10 October 2020, 19:31
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Compact Flash Card Prep on Mac
Probably a question that’s been answered but I can’t find any info in relation to setting us a CF card on a Mac for using with a real Amiga.
I’ve seen many winuae tutorials using disk part in the command line, however I don’t have a pc and wondered if anyone has a easy guide to wiping the CF card and selecting in on fs-uae as a hard drive so that I can create a personalised system. Any help would be appreciated. |
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10 October 2020, 22:44
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To wipe it and set it up as a hard drive (make sure you have backups, I take no responsibility for any issues etc etc):
Insert the card, load Disk Utility and remove any partitions that are on it Load Terminal and type "diskutil list" You will see your CF card called something like /dev/disk3 - MAKE SURE YOU IDENTIFY IT CORRECTLY Type "sudo chmod 777 /dev/diskx" (x being whatever number your CF card is) - your disk will be read only in FS-UAE if you dont do this Load your FS-UAE configuration file in Textedit and edit the file: hard_drive_0 = /dev/diskx hard_drive_0_type = rdb Save the file, open it in FS-UAE, and you can now attach your Workbench floppies, boot from the Install disk and set up Workbench as usual (remember to start HDtoolbox with the uaehf.device tooltype and to change the Maxtransfer setting). |
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10 October 2020, 23:47
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Many thanks for that, it’s been driving me mad ha ha. I’ll give it a try in the morning. Appreciate the help |
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12 October 2020, 10:17
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Works like a charm. Thank you for your help. Much appreciated  
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13 October 2020, 23:31
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I use rdbtool and xdftool from https://github.com/cnvogelg/amitools
to build my customised CF card. I then test this in FS-UAE like lilwshu describe above, and then later when I know eveything is like I want it, in my real Amiga. I have made a script to build the contents exactly like I want them. It works great if you are comfortable with command line tools and scripts. And you get a reproducible process for creating the CF card contents. |
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14 October 2020, 00:04
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Thanks for that. I’ll have a look at it. I’m ok with the command line/terminal. Not great with other scripts. That’s cool you’ve written a script to help. Maybe something I should look into. How did you do yours? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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14 October 2020, 19:59
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Sure I use a script like below.
For inspiration only, no warranties  I have very much enjoyed making my own perfect Amiga CF card, setup with Demos, WHDLoad Games, my favorite mods and iff pictures. I guess perfect is different for everyone  Make sure you use the correct /dev/diskX, my CF card is at /dev/disk2 for example. Using wrong device here can wipe you disk. Code:
#!/bin/sh # ** Howto make amiga-os-3141-workbench.hdf ************************ # rdbtool amiga-os-3141-workbench.hdf create size=15Mi # rdbtool amiga-os-3141-workbench.hdf init # # rdbtool amiga-os-3141-workbench.hdf fill dostype=DOS3 bootable # xdftool amiga-os-3141-workbench.hdf open part=DH0 + format Workbench3.1 DOS3 # # rdbtool amiga-os-3141-workbench.hdf info # Then install AmigaOS from adf images into this hdf in FS-UAE # ******************** SRC="Workbench3.1" DEST="AmigaOS" PROGRAMS="Programs" DATA="Data" GAMES="Games" DEMOS="Demos" # Delete rm -rf $SRC rm $SRC.blkdev rm $SRC.xdfmeta rm -rf $DEST rm $DEST.blkdev rm $DEST.xdfmeta rm -rf ./DeluxePaint3 rm -rf ./PT23F rm -rf ./WHDLoad rm -rf ./Icons rm -rf $PROGRAMS rm $PROGRAMS.blkdev rm $PROGRAMS.xdfmeta rm -rf $DATA rm $DATA.blkdev rm $DATA.xdfmeta rm -rf $GAMES rm $GAMES.blkdev rm $GAMES.xdfmeta rm -rf $DEMOS rm $DEMOS.blkdev rm $DEMOS.xdfmeta # Unpack xdftool amiga-os-3141-workbench.hdf unpack . fsuae unar DeluxePaint3.adf unar PT23F.LHA unar WHDLoad.zip unar Icons.zip # Cleanup find . -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete find ../data -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete find ../games -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete find ../demos -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete # Build AmigaOS sudo chmod 777 /dev/diskX rdbtool /dev/diskX init rdb_cyls=2 rdbtool /dev/diskX fsadd $SRC/L/FastFileSystem version=46.20 rdbtool /dev/diskX add size=16MiB dostype=DOS3 bootable=true xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH0 + format $DEST DOS3 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH0 + unpack . fsuae # Build Programs rdbtool /dev/diskX add size=24MiB dostype=DOS7 bootable=false xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH1 + format $PROGRAMS DOS7 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH1 + unpack . fsuae # Build Data rdbtool /dev/diskX add size=1612MiB dostype=DOS7 bootable=false xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH2 + format $DATA DOS7 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH2 + unpack . fsuae # Build Games rdbtool /dev/diskX add size=182MiB dostype=DOS7 bootable=false xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH3 + format $GAMES DOS7 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH3 + unpack . fsuae # Build Demos rdbtool /dev/diskX fill dostype=DOS7 bootable=false xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH4 + format $DEMOS DOS7 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH4 + unpack . fsuae # Workbench rsync -rt $SRC/* $DEST/ # Icons cp -vp Icons/Disks/$DEST.info $DEST/Disk.info cp -vp Icons/Disks/$PROGRAMS.info $PROGRAMS/Disk.info cp -vp Icons/Disks/$DATA.info $DATA/Disk.info cp -vp Icons/Disks/$GAMES.info $GAMES/Disk.info cp -vp Icons/Disks/$DEMOS.info $DEMOS/Disk.info cp -vp Icons/*.info $DEST/ cp -vp Icons/Devs/*.info $DEST/Devs/ cp -vp Icons/Prefs/*.info $DEST/Prefs/ cp -vp Icons/Storage/*.info $DEST/Storage/ cp -vp Icons/System/*.info $DEST/System/ cp -vp Icons/Tools/*.info $DEST/Tools/ cp -vp Icons/Utilities/*.info $DEST/Utilities/ cp -vp Icons/Programs/*.info $PROGRAMS/ # Deluxe Paint III cp -vp DeluxePaint3/dpaint $PROGRAMS/Deluxe\ Paint\ III # ProTracker cp -vp PT23F/PT23F/PT2.3F $PROGRAMS/ # WHDLoad cp -vp WHDLoad/WHDLoad/C/WHDLoad $DEST/C/ mkdir $DEST/Devs/Kickstarts cp -vp WHDLoad/kick* $DEST/Devs/Kickstarts/ # Data rsync -rt ../data/* $DATA/ # Games rsync -rt ../games/* $GAMES/ # Demos rsync -rt ../demos/* $DEMOS/ # Show partitions rdbtool /dev/diskX info # Pack DH0 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH0 + pack $DEST xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH0 + list # Pack DH1 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH1 + pack $PROGRAMS xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH1 + list # Pack DH2 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH2 + pack $DATA xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH2 + list # Pack DH3 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH3 + pack $GAMES xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH3 + list # Pack DH4 xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH4 + pack $DEMOS xdftool /dev/diskX open part=DH4 + list |
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14 October 2020, 20:10
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Ha ha. Appreciate that. I like to customise mine too, that’s the beauty of the Amiga isn’t it. Thanks for the script, gives me an idea where to start lol Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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14 October 2020, 23:47
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Thanks for this great script! This makes many things easier
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19 October 2020, 12:58
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Hey @bni
I get the FileSystem not installed: Code:
# Build AmigaOS rdbtool amiga-os-3.1.4.hdf create size=1024Mi rdbtool amiga-os-3.1.4.hdf init rdbtool amiga-os-3.1.4.hdf fsadd $SRC/L/FastFileSystem version=46.20 rdbtool amiga-os-3.1.4.hdf add size=100MiB dostype=DOS3 bootable=true xdftool amiga-os-3.1.4.hdf open part=DH0 + format $DEST DOS3 xdftool amiga-os-3.1.4.hdf open part=DH0 + unpack . fsuae Code:
creating: 'DH0' (1, 3200) DOS3 ERROR: creating partition: 'DH0': (1, 3200) 'open part=DH0' IOError: can't find partition in image file EDIT: Found issue byself Last edited by amigafreak68k; 19 October 2020 at 13:54. Reason: EDIT: Found the error ... forgot to reserve RDB cylinders |
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20 October 2020, 19:30
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Adding the FFS into the rdb on the CF card can possibly be omitted altogether. The reason to do that is so older Kickstarts can load it and use new features that only exists in 3.1.4, like DOS7.
But I never got this to work. My real A1200 has 3.0 ROM and I use MapRom on accelerator card to load the 3.1.4 ROM. This is why I left the AmigaOS partition as DOS3, with DOS7 it didn't work for some reason. |
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20 October 2020, 20:06
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Could be to do with the different scsi.device maybe
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22 December 2020, 18:11
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A convenient way to put stuff inside the Startup-Sequence is to patch it in like this with ex.
In this example below I patch it to load a newer kickstart with MapRom and also run a NoClick exe to prevent the floppy clicking on my A1200 Code:
# Patch Startup-Sequence ex $DEST/S/Startup-Sequence <<eof 3 insert acatool >NIL: skiponlmb force noerrors maprom romfile "AmigaOS:Devs/Kickstarts/kick.a1200.46.143" NoClick . xit eof |
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21 January 2022, 09:38
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Hi, ive done this and successfully mounted and formatted the CF card in FS UAE and coppied data to the card in Amiga OS3.2
Ive now ejected it and the card dev/disk3 is not found by FSUAE I can see in in Mac Terminal /dev/disk3 (external, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: *16.0 GB disk3 |
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21 January 2022, 21:21
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By default it has restrictive permissions, I need to do:
sudo chmod 777 /dev/disk4 Before FS-UAE can access it. Need to do this every time card is inserted. |
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