I've tried, I've tried, I've tried (Buddha)

[creid2]

And I cannot get a buddha to use a CF for a hard drive in the A2000.
I have a sandisk 512MB, a Transcend 4GB and a Kingston 16GB and none work. I have a generic CF IDE card reader attached to port IDE 0 and IDE 1. I tried master, slave, and everything in between. I changed the device in HD toolbox to buddha_atapi.device. I have tried to format the card using WinUAE.

I don't know what to do. This is making me reconsider my Amiga dream computer.

Help, anyone? I'm at my wit's end and ready to sell off all this stuff.

Chris

 

[Laudrup]

I think your card reader is crap. Happens sometimes, dont give up

Buy another one for a dollar in the other bay or buy here.

How about another solution? I have an AT Bus Controller for sale, including a CF card. Take a look: https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=57844

 

[creid2]

What does it mean "the card reader is crap?" I have tried two, granted both are generic models, but different (one has master/slave the other doesn't). Both card readers attached to the golden gate uses when the CF card is formatted for PC.

Chris

 

[Laudrup]

I tried several readers from other bay until i found a good one.

 

[creid2]

OK, so I broke down and purchased Individual Computer's TrueIDE adapter from a reputable dealer. We'll see if this gets me any further. I'm hopeful (said that before )

 

[creid2]

Unfortunately, the True IDE CF reader also did not work. Tried with 3 different CF cards.
Anyone, please help, or is a CF with a Buddha in an A2000 never going to work? If there is a better place for this post, moderators, please feel free to move it. I do not think it is possible to use a CF as a hard drive in the A2000 with a Buddha. I would LOVE if someone can prove me wrong!

Thanks,
Chris

 

[davideo]

I've got a Buddha and it is totally flakey.

It will work one minute and not the next. It doesn't seem to matter what is plugged into it!!!

Have you tested it with a HD or CD?

 

[creid2]

Hi Davideo,
Yes, good point, I should have mentioned that my buddha recognizes both a 512MB IDE drive and a CD drive.
I might look into the Acard option and run it off the SCSI bus. Maybe that is my next project.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[davideo]

I can't remember if it was the Buddha or the Tandem card but one of them needed a software patch to work with CF cards.

Are you using the latest software?

 

[creid2]

I just wanted to reply to the thread that I got an ACARD AEC-7720U SCSI to IDE bridge to work with a 4GB Transcend CF card and generic CF reader! It is running off the 2060 Blizzard SCSI bus. It was a snap to set up and format. In my experience, this was a much easier solution for a CF hard drive than the Buddha for the A2000. Thanks for your replies!
Chris

 

[Buzzfuzz]

Might want to setup IDE Fix first and then give it a go, before you chuck it out all.