A1200 8gb SD card install -simples?

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hiya

standard question, sorry.

I've got an a 1200, [FONT=arial, sans-serif]ACA 1221EC accelerator, PCMCIA adapeor, working floppy. All works well booting from an SD card. Thecorfiot had an image he imaged to my 8gb SD card. all good.[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]However, that image seems very basic and functional; i want to add games, which means (I think) adding PCMCIA CF support and fat95 drivers,or PC-written floppy support, plus I would like to run a prettier desktop. Also the A1200 has an Indivision mk2 so I want to get its own setup files onto the SD.[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Here's my standard Amiga/ classic wb whinge - I don't get why its 2 steps forwards, 1 back every time! I ran classic wb install in winuae, got that going, try to format the sd card - think it has actually detected the shape of the card for once, but nope, then somehow knacker the hardfile itself and have to start again. Then I read that i need a different file system for an 8gb card. Go through hdtools(?), try follow Fitzsteves (great!) videos and get lost..I think its working but winuae now tries to boot from the blank SD card.. I watch Steves videos a bit more and then find I need a working Amiga 3.9 hardfile (and its hdtools) to format the 8gb sd card. Catch 22![/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Isn't there just a source of preconfig'ed ISO's that I can write to my 8gb SDcard instead of creating one from classic workbench and winuae? please?[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]cheers all, apologies for whinge, this is my 3rd time trying to get Amiga's working over the years! all i need is an iso surely?[/FONT]

:)
 
I had a whole Games Archive on there for you Bud !!!!

I don't understand why you started from scratch as mounting the card correctly in WinUAE should have allowed you to add any extra games easily..
If you want to send me the card I shall redo it for you...

:)
 
I've not wiped the card mate and of course I imaged it first, have a backup. Simples:)

but, I'd like copper and some of the other eye candy from the classic workbench examples... and I need add pc floppy support, pcmcia cf support, etc. Though I noted games run without whdload ( it appears that way) I've got empty games folders on the desktop etc I didn't understand. So I thought I'd try banging my head against the desk again wth amiga for storing 8gb card and setting up...

all it not not lost ( backups are safe ) but I'm not there just yet...
 
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