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[QUOTE=SpeedGeek;340579]Quote:
Originally Posted by alexh
2GB yes. 4GB maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by merlinkv
AFAIK it doesn't have TD64 support so AFAIK cannot use drives larger than 4GB (but I may be wrong).
http://babel.de/amiga.html
I can say it works with large hard drives. I used to have gvp rom 4.5 and it didn't work at all with my 73GB HD. Changing the rom to 4.15 fixed it.
[QUOTE=Metalheart79;364181]How much of that 73GB drive can you see/use ?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpeedGeekQuote:
Originally Posted by alexh
I can say it works with large hard drives. I used to have gvp rom 4.5 and it didn't work at all with my 73GB HD. Changing the rom to 4.15 fixed it.
I have the latest guru rom here and it seems to make no difference at all on my setup.
[QUOTE=WonkeyDonkey;364235]Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalheart79How much of that 73GB drive can you see/use ?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpeedGeek
I have the latest guru rom here and it seems to make no difference at all on my setup.
At least with AmigaOS3.9 (and it's nsdpatch) and PFS3-filesystem installed, I can use all of it. :)
But only the partitions below 4GB are automounting. I have created mountlists for the rest of the partitions, so they're available once the system has completely booted.
Large drives, either 50 pins/68 or SCA80 should always run on OS3.9
You can run them on 3.1, but it creates a lot of troubles and you have to keep the partition size around 3.5GB each.
Try to keep in mind that the speed of the Guru ROM is around 3.5MB/sec, large files will still take time to transfer, only the GVP bus adapter chip 33C93A (synchronous) will reach 4.7 MB/sec
The HDD cache won't make a difference, you are limited to the speed of Buster.
Even Zorro III cards won't reach above 20MB/sec, only CPU cards like Cyberstorms.
GVP HC+8 or even the 4000 version are still Zorro II.
No need for nsdpatch or os3.9 if you use PFS3DS (direct scsi) + scsi controller. Big partitions work fine even under KS 2.x (and 1.3 if using special 1.x version)
A600/A1200/A4000 IDE has 8G limit with PFS3DS due to scsi emulation limit in ROM scsi.device but it does affect real SCSI controllers.
Guru-Rom adapter boards are still available? hmm must be hiding like ninjas? :ninja:
They were still available 7 years ago when Ralph set up his website. However, this part of the website has not been updated recently. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by darkage
ha! I searched around 2008/2009 and yup non.. Only software hut had them on their webpage but they didnt reply to my emails..Quote:
Originally Posted by SpeedGeek
Oh well Ralph needs a reality check now? since other ppl cant find them as well?