#AMIGA WORKBENCH 2.1 ADF HOW TO#
#AMIGA WORKBENCH 2.1 ADF PC#
#AMIGA WORKBENCH 2.1 ADF WINDOWS#

#AMIGA WORKBENCH 2.1 ADF HOW TO#

Now you can follow the guide How to install SFS onto a real Harddrive within WinUAE which runs though how to setup the HDD using HDToolkit and the Smart File System. For example, on a 40GB HD a 4GB Partition was about 890 cylinders so you can move the partition size around until it matches that many. You can work it out based on the total number of cylinders that the HD has, then divide the capacity of the drive by the number of cylinders so you can then set up the partitions to the size using the cylinder number. It is worth noting at this point that HDToolkit will give you completely wrong reading for all of the partition sizes, but it will partition the drive correctly for you anyway. Once you are booted into Workbench 3.1 you can start HDToolkit and set the drive partitions up. Set WinUAE up as an A1200 with KS 3.1 and some fast ram and start it up.

#AMIGA WORKBENCH 2.1 ADF PC#

Then start up WinUAE and add the Amiga HDD to the Harddrives, and then add the work folder you created on your PC desktop as a second HD in WinUAE (this is a quick way to download files and be able to access them from within Workbench), and then put the Workbench 3.1 install floppy (adf) into the DF0: drive.

#AMIGA WORKBENCH 2.1 ADF WINDOWS#

Once that is done you can put the 2.5' HD into the external USB enclosure and connect it to the PC (but don't format it in Windows if it asks). Next make a folder on your Windows desktop called work and extract the SFS filesystem, and IDEFix archives into it. To do this you need to edit the WinUAE shortcut icon and add -disableharddrivesafetycheck after winuae.exe. Setting up everything on the HD using a PC and WinUAE.Д«efore you begin you need to unlock WinUAE's HD safety checks which will prevent you from partitioning and formatting the HD otherwise. (only if you wish to connect more than one device)

Copy of the Workbench Install disk in ADF formatДownload from (make sure you download both the main OS 3 and the 1.279 update).

WinUAE emulator with Kickstart 3.1 rom image.

(USB enclosures can be found on ebay for as little as ВЈ3)

External USB HD enclosure (or other method of attaching the HD to the PC).

This will work perfectly for a setup with a 40GB HDD and laptop CD drive.

You can get one from for ВЈ11 and it works perfectly. A good recommendation is to have a 512MB-2GB boot partition, and then the rest of the HD partitioned into various sized additional partitions based on your needs.ДЄlso if you are wishing to use an HD and IDE CD drive you will also need to buy a buffered IDE interface. But an important point to remember is to always create the first boot partition within the first 4GB of the HD space or the Amiga won't be able to find it and boot far enough to load the different file system. Third party file systems exist for the Amiga that allow you to use much larger HD sizes, and SFS (Smart File System) is the best of these. However there is a solution to this problem. If you try to format a larger HD over the 4GB limit you are in danger of losing data and the system will start to wrap the data back onto the start of the HD past the 4GB point. However that is only due to the built in Workbench File System. The Amiga's FFS file system only supports up to 4GB partitions, and a total HD size of 8GB. Standard Workbench Harddrive size limitation 4 Starting the Amiga with the HD installed.3 Setting up everything on the HD using a PC and WinUAE.1 Standard Workbench Harddrive size limitation.

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