Compact flash

[JACK98]

Received compact flash card.installed drivers and such.wb says CF0: is mounted.but i cant see it on desktop?

[coze]

open a shell and type

dir cf0:

[JuvUK]

what make of cf card is it?

[davideo]

Have you got the Ram card in? Is it set to 4MB memory?

The card won't be seen if you've got it set to 8MB.

Dave G

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by davideo

Have you got the Ram card in? Is it set to 4MB memory?

The card won't be seen if you've got it set to 8MB.

CF card and PCMCIA SRAM card have nothing in common (except same connector)

[davideo]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

CF card and PCMCIA SRAM card have nothing in common (except same connector)

Toni,

Inside information is a wonderful thing - I recently sold Jack98 a Ram expansion card for a 1200 that isn't PCMIA compatable with the full 8MB fitted. I wanted to make sure he was only using the 4MB Ram and settings.

Dave G

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by davideo

Inside information is a wonderful thing - I recently sold Jack98 a Ram expansion card for a 1200 that isn't PCMIA compatable with the full 8MB fitted. I wanted to make sure he was only using the 4MB Ram and settings.

Ah, I thought you talked about PCMCIA RAM card, not A1200 internal RAM card/accelerator that isn't PCMCIA compatible.

[davideo]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Ah, I thought you talked about PCMCIA RAM card, not A1200 internal RAM card/accelerator that isn't PCMCIA compatible.

Toni,

No problems - I should have put more info in my original message

Dave G

[JACK98]

yup you were right dave.next problem facing now is-the cf comes up as ndos :S

[DDNI]

If you have Partitioned it and put a File system to the RDB in HDToolbox, you just need to quick format each partition.

[davideo]

As asked earlier - what type of card is it?

Not all cards are compatable with the Miggy.

Are you going to be using it to transfer stuff from PC to Miggy? If so - you may be better off formatting it on the PC as FAT file system.

Dave G

[coze]

that FAT file system being the Fat95 (don't format it on the amiga side, format it at the PC using FAT16)

[JACK98]

Originally Posted by davideo

As asked earlier - what type of card is it?

Not all cards are compatable with the Miggy.

Are you going to be using it to transfer stuff from PC to Miggy? If so - you may be better off formatting it on the PC as FAT file system.

Dave G

its an integral.your probably right what you said,probably is the card

[davideo]

Originally Posted by JACK98

its an integral,your probably right what you said,probably is the card

There's a thread on here somewhere that tells you what cards are/aren't compatible.

A pointer is that I've got a Lexar 128MB from a Kodak camera that works a treat. Also a Sandisk 1GB that also works well.

Newer Sandisks don't work (if it has a flower on it - it's a no no) there's also a lot of pirate cards about that won't work.

Dave G

[JACK98]

sorry for all these beginners questions.so the steps are as follow-

1-install the cf drivers

2-connect the cf card

3-the amiga should read it then no problem with the adf transfer software?

*no formatting of cf on the amiga side.so its incompatible card i assume

[davideo]

Originally Posted by JACK98

sorry for all these beginners questions,so the steps are as follow-

1-install the cf drivers

2-connect the cf card

3-the amiga should read it then no problem with the adf transfer software?

*no formatting of cf on the amiga side,so its incompatable card i assume

Have you formatted the Card on your PC?

Did you get your CF card and converter setup from AmigaKit or the other BAY?

Dave G

[JACK98]

The bay.yup formatted the card on pc,pc reads it fine

[davideo]

Originally Posted by JACK98

the bay,yup formatted the card on pc,pc reads it fine

The original card I got from AmigaKit could be read on the PC but not the Amiga. I had to get it exchanged for a fresh card before it would work.

Have you installed the earlier software mentioned by Coze?

You also need a couple of utilities installed in your C: directory and run from your Startup-Sequence.

I think these are cardreset and cardpatch - not sure of the names. It's been a while since I used my 1200.

You also need fat95 in L:
CF0 in DEVS:Dosdrivers
and finally compactflash.device in DEVS:

Dave G

[JACK98]

yup all them were installed by the program.i just assume its the compatibility of the card.i have to get another brand

many thanks

[davideo]

Okely dokely.

Good luck with your hunt. It may be worthwhile checking for the thread I mentioned earlier to see what cards others have got to work. I did a quick search but couldn't find it

Dave G