SFSformat hangs WinUAE

[Firthy2002]

Hey all, having some fun and games trying to prep a 32GB CF card for use with my A1200 in WinUAE. I'm using a ClassicWB FULL setup in the latest WinUAE, using OS 3.1.

After nuking the card's preconfigured FAT32 partition, I used 3.1's HDToolbox to partition the card as follows:
HD0 ~1.9GB
HD1 ~8GB
HD2 ~10GB
HD3 ~11GB

Followed the guide to put SFS (v1.279) on the RDB, using mask 0x7ffffffe and maxtransfer 0x01fe00 on each partition.
Saved changes, gave the 3 finger salute and got the expected 4 NDOS icons.
However, when trying to do an SFSformat on HD0:, after pressing return, the emulated Amiga hangs and I have to reset it.

Anyone know what the problem could be?

The CF card is an unbranded one. I've installed NSDPatch on my CWB partition.

 

[fgh]

Try a normal quick format. (SFS format is only required if you want to set some SFS specific parameters.)

 

[Justin]

WinUAE 2.7.0 seems to have a couple of problems for me, like mounting unformatted hardfiles etc, but 2.6.1 works just as it should, maybe worth a look?

 

[FOL]

Hey all, having some fun and games trying to prep a 32GB CF card for use with my A1200 in WinUAE. I'm using a ClassicWB FULL setup in the latest WinUAE, using OS 3.1.

After nuking the card's preconfigured FAT32 partition, I used 3.1's HDToolbox to partition the card as follows:
HD0 ~1.9GB
HD1 ~8GB
HD2 ~10GB
HD3 ~11GB

Followed the guide to put SFS (v1.279) on the RDB, using mask 0x7ffffffe and maxtransfer 0x01fe00 on each partition.
Saved changes, gave the 3 finger salute and got the expected 4 NDOS icons.
However, when trying to do an SFSformat on HD0:, after pressing return, the emulated Amiga hangs and I have to reset it.

Anyone know what the problem could be?

The CF card is an unbranded one. I've installed NSDPatch on my CWB partition.

Yep, I agree, try Quick Format.

Not sure on your device naming though, . Amiga was always DH0:

 

[rkauer]

HDToolbox from 3.1 Workbench will fail with everything above the 4Gb border limit. Quick format just the first partition, then copy the system into it.

Remove the CWB, apply the NSDpatch and start working from there. If success use the check4gb program to see if everything is OK before proceeding.

 

[fgh]

Quick format works above 4GB.

Edit:
Sorry rkauer, misread your post as if you said the quick format will fail above 4GB.
HDToolbox has its issues of course, but it sounded like he followed a guide and managed to partition the whole card.

 

[Firthy2002]

Same result if I try a quick format with the regular Format command.

Think I'll try starting from the beginning in 3.9.

 

[fgh]

Ok, good. Could it be you installed SFS for a different CPU than the one in the WinUAE config?

Edit: I'm mixing things up. It's regular PFS that comes for different CPU's I guess. But SFS requires 020 or higher, does your WinUAE have that?

 

[Firthy2002]

Ok, good. Could it be you installed SFS for a different CPU than the one in the WinUAE config?

Just checked and the config I originally used was an 030 whereas for CWB I used the supplied config which was an 020.
Switching to an 030, I get a guru instead of a hang.

 

[fgh]

Ok. As your HD0 partition is well within the first 4GB, formatting HD0 should not be related to large drive support, but never the less: Which tutorial did you follow, and how did you add large hard drive support?

You could try booting without startup-sequence and quick format from DOS, or booting WB from a 3.1 floppy.
You could also try a different version of WinUAE (I didn't try the latest ones..) or try switching between UAE and IDE0 (WinUAE options for adding the CF card)

And sorry rkauer, I misread your post. see the edit above

 

[Firthy2002]

Just tried format from a plain WB 3.1 floppy image and same result, so I guess something is wrong with the partition and the format command is getting a response it doesn't like when trying to open the device.

I was using a HDF I...obtained...from the Internet which had been setup as a CWB environment. I used the SFS which was included with that, and HDToolbox which was also included.

I could downgrade to an earlier WinUAE but I don't think that's the cause of the issue.

 

[fgh]

Ok, that makes it difficult to guess further then. But it sounds like something is wrong with your RDB/partitioning or SFS.

You could try with PFS3AiO, and see if that works better.
If not, I'd start over completely and repartition the card.

For fun, you could try formatting them on the A1200 itself, booting from the install disk but I guess it will not work either..
(A quick format doesn't access the partitions themselves, so if it works just format them all, but use only HD0 until you have set it up with a scsi.device patch)

 

[Firthy2002]

Think I'm just gonna start again with OS 3.9's tools.