Subj : Amiga 3000 with WarpEngine and internal SCSI bus
To   : Patrik Axelsson
From : Ingo Juergensmann
Date : Sun Aug 27 2017 13:36:48

   Hello Patrik!

26 Aug 17 06:26, you wrote to me:

 IJ>> So far I haven't figured out how to install PFS and make use of
 IJ>> it. Of course I added it to RDB, but it lists as FFS or as Custom
 IJ>> Filesystem.
 IJ>> But well, let's wait for OS3.9 install CD to arrive... :-)
 PA> When you add pfs_aio-handler to the RDB, you should add it as DosType
 PA> 0x50465303 ("PFS\3"). When you partition the drive and go to the
 PA> "Change..."  section for a partition, you will then be able to select
 PA> "PFS\03" as "File System:".

Yes, I tried that, but no luck.

 PA> Then reboot and do a quick format of the partition. PFS will show a
 PA> requester when you format it confirming it is formatted using PFS.

Nope, no requester. It tried to format it as FFS.

 PA> OS3.9 is nice and has a more user friendly HDToolBox, however it is
 PA> not needed if your goal is to use the entire 4GB+ drive with PFS3.

So far, OS3.9 is running quite well. Makes me wondering why I refused to update
 earlier. Maybe because it's not the "original" OS3.1... ;)

Ingo


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