Hardware section guides

[Harrison]

I've now been expanding the hardware section of the Wiki.

Today I added a tutorial on how to install large HDD in an Amiga.

http://wiki.classicamiga.com/Install...B_or_larger%29

And also added another tutorial that is linked into that one

http://wiki.classicamiga.com/How_to_..._within_WinUAE

This second tutorial takes a guide originally written by KillerGorilla and posted on the EAB Wiki. I've used that as the basis for this version, and have updated it, adding some new information, but also reformatting the guide to make it much easier to read through and follow.

Can you all let me know if these two guides make sense? And are easy to follow?

I will also create some screenshots for them when I get time to make the guides easier to visually follow them through.

[loopy]

My 1200 setup uses a 800 mb harddrive because when I installed it some 10 years ago I read I couldn't use greater than 1 GB so this will be a interesting artical for me and will use it to add a larger multi GB harddrive to my system through WinAUE.(soon as I get a USB cable.)
Also will IDEfix let me use the CD player with out the shareware plug and play I now use?

[Harrison]

What shareware plug and play are you using now?

IDEFix'97 allows a CD-Rom drive and HDD to work perfectly together in an Amiga and requires no additional software to get everything up and running correctly.

[loopy]

I think it's atapi plug and play Demo version G Campari or Campara (sorry this is from memory) think remember august 96 ver 3.0

[Harrison]

Oh, you would definitely be better off using IDEFix.

[mpaulj]

All very interesting, but I do wonder how many would rather install the HD using their trusty Amiga only, rather than using a PC.
I performed this task with my Amiga 1200 only some time ago and now have a 2.5"60 GB HD in my desktop A1200 with a 2 GB (far too large) WB, and other partitions. It was a swine of a job however, although it can be done, and I have written down the complicated procedure should I ever need to do it again. No doubt others have found a shorter way of doing it, and I would appreciate their procedures.
As a matter of interest, I believe WHDLoad installs can have a problem on partitions exceeding 4 GB, something worth bearing in mind when setting partition sizes.
Regards,
Mike.