18 August 2012, 08:21 | #1 |
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PFS3 continuosly giving "Block outside reserved area" -errors
I installed the (then) latest ClassicWB with pfs3 about a year ago. My boot partition is about 1 GB and the games partitiont about 6.2 GB. Everything was working smoothly, with a few quirks with some whdload games. I then read that I should have extracted the KG packs on a real Miggy/Winuae and not in Windows. So, I decided I'll delete all my whdload games and copy them all over (from pcmcia sd reader) again after extracting the KG packs in Winuae.
I started copying and after a while started gewtting "Block id errors" which then lead to "Volume is write protected" etc etc. I then started pfs doctor. It gave me tons of "Block outside reserved area" -errors. I then read somewhere about choosing the "Undo formatting" in pfs doctor. It also found tons of errors and fixed them. I then completely formatted the volume (not quick format) and ran the pfs doctor again -> several "Block outside reserved area" errors. This loop goes on an on... Ii always finds errors and after fixing them again there are errors. I attached a example screenshot. The number of errors and data blocks is always a bit diferent. Interestingly the Boot-partition is ok according to pfs doctor. *edit* I checked the Mask and MaxTransfer values and indeed the mask seemed to be wrong for both partitions. I changed that, but it seems that this did not affect anything as I still get the usual few errors with PfsDoctor. Is my 8GB Transcend cf busted or what? I'd reaally hate to open my Miggy (once) again... Here's what happens when I do the Undo Formatting: Last edited by emuola; 18 August 2012 at 11:32. |
18 August 2012, 12:18 | #2 |
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I vaguely remember the mentioning of a PFS bug with partitions bigger than 6 GB. Is it an option for you to make two smaller games partitions?
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18 August 2012, 12:29 | #3 |
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Ok, that'd explain it. Can I re-partition my bigger partition into 2 partitions without losing the boot partition?
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18 August 2012, 14:20 | #4 |
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Mask has no effect on non-DMA (Amiga IDE) controllers.
I don't see any fixes for size limits in PFS3 SVN nor in versionhistory.doc. I am also sure there are lots of PFS3 users with >6G partitions. PFS3 or PFS3DS? Does my pfs3 for kickstart 1.3 (from aminet) have same problem? (It is fully 2.0+ compatible, it is currently also the only 68k PFS3 build that includes all fixes fom PFS3 SVN) |
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I use hdtoolbox to update the filesystem of the second partition to the "special version of pfs3" of yours? |
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Ok, thanks for the tip Toni I could also make the second partition a bit smaller (just for the sake of it) in hdtoolbox. Is this possible without losing the boot partition?
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If you don't touch the boot partition you can modify the others. You'll only lose the data on them.
So you are using PFS3 with CWB and a large Hd. Did you change the scsi.device? Read this: Edit: Ah, ok, you are using PFS3DS. |
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Made the second partition appr 5.5 GB -> same problems. Haven't tried Toni's special PFS3 yet. Should I just try SFS instead? How can I know if my cf card is busted or not?
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Decided to try to change the filesystem of the second partition to SFS... Bad idea! Although the Hdtoolbox told me everything in partition dh1 will be destroyed, it actually wiped the whole drive... Now I'm greeted with a fancy "insert floppy" -animation. I guess I'll get me a new cf card, because I'll have to open up the Miggy anyway (install the stuff via Winuae). Or is there some other way?
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18 August 2012, 20:38 | #11 |
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That shouldn't happen.
Perhaps partition table was already corrupted or you used some other program to partition the drive originally. |
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It's been a while since I first installed anything on my 1200... Is there any difference between doing the partitioning/install on real hw vs. in Winuae? The latter being much easier/straight forward (if you ask me).
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HDToolbox itself does not care about MaxTransfer. If RDB + partition table + file system code is bigger than 128 KB, it currupts during write.
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Just a separate note: I was having your problem of bad blockid errors after a time using a Cf Hd. The thing is that it was happening with different Cf's.
Finally I've done the Timing Fixes to the mobo, as in this case I believe that's the cause. Unfortunately I can't try it yet, as I sent the mobo to Vesalia with my Indi, they are on holidays and I haven't received them yet. Hope the parcel hasn't been "lost" by the mail. |
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Installed another 4GB cf card and everything works great I'd blame the 8GB Transcend card for the propblems, although the present card is only 4GB.
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