| From: | James Potter |
| Date: | 6 Sep 2000 at 16:50:01 |
| Subject: | Re: HDToolbox - confused of Essex |
From: Neil Bothwick <neil@wire.net.uk>
Subject: Re: [amigactive] HDToolbox - confused of Essex
> > To set up HDDs before I've used Faastprep (which I got years ago with
> > something... a harddrive probably) but I thought I'd do it the proper
way,
> > using tools that came with the OS.
>
> Good idea. Faastprep is evil. It was supplied with GVP SCSI controllers
> and created non-standard RDBs.
Yep. That's the one.
> > I installed both units using HDToolbox and partitioned them how I
wanted. I
> > was then informed that a reboot was necessary to complete the changes.
Fair
> > enough.
>
> > On reboot none of the new partitions appeared on screen. In fact, none
were
> > mounted at all. Yet HDToolbox still showed the partitions how I'd set
them
> > up.
>
> HDToolBox creates the partitions, but they don't contain anything yet.
> You now need to format each partition, using the standard AmigaDOS
> Format command.
I would if I could get at them.
Surely they should be showing up as WDH0:Uninitialized or something? This is
how it used to happen with Faastprep - they'd be set up but need formatting
which I could do form WB. Thing is, they don't show at all, on anything. The
Info command only shows the partitions that are already installed on the
Fujitsu, not the new ones. The _only_ place I can get at them is through
HDToolbox.
My question is, why aren't they showing on anything and how do I get at them
to format them?
Cheers,
James.
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