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- Trouble Shooting
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- 1) Ive tried to install AFS with HDToolBox but when I click on "Save
- Changes" HDToolBox says there is not enough space in the RDB.
-
- This problem is generally caused by not having enough space in the RDB
- to store the new file system.
-
- a) The first think to check is that you have no other file systems installed
- on that hard drive.
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- i) Reboot your machine and load HDToolBox. Click partition drive.
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- ii) Click on "Add/Update" from the partitioning menu (You need to enabled
- advanced options first).
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- iii) If there is any filesystem in this list click delete them and then try
- again.
-
- b) If this fails then it is because:
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- HDToolBox dose not allow you to choose how much space you want to allocate
- for the RDB's. It just uses 2 cyclinders on each hard drive.
-
- Ami-FileSafe is about 40K, so you need a single cyclinder to be at least 20K.
- (This generally isn't a problem, except on small hard drives).
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- i) Get a tool called RDBPrep and use that instead.
-
- ii) If you are on a SCSI drive and you can clear the whole drive:-
-
- a) Double the number of blocks per Track (And block per Cylinder) and then
- half the number of Cylinders. You must round down not up.
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- b) Keep doing this until the blocks per track is above 80.
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- c) Save the changes, and re-format the drive.
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- iii) Use a tool called RDBMount (On Aminet). Make a custom file system
- partition (Non-Automount). Type in the correct dostype (0x41465301)
- and add the correct RDBMount command to your user-startup.
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- iv) Use mountlists (See your manual).
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- v) Get another RDB prep tool.
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- 2) Ive installed Ami-FileSafe but when I try accessing longer files my
- machine hangs up.
-
- This generally means you have set the MaxTransfer value incorrectly.
-
- a) load HDToolBox.
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- b) Click on the correct drive and select partition drive.
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- c) Click on your AFS partition and enable advanced options.
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- d) Type in the new maxtransfer value.
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- i) If you are using an IDE drive and you are unsure what value to use
- type in 0xffff
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- ii) If you are using a SCSI drive then you should check your manual for the
- correct maxtransfer value. A3000 users do not have to alter the maxtransfer.
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- iii) Save the changes and reboot.
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- 3) Ive tried to mount an AFS partition from shell but I keep getting an out
- of memory error, but I have enough memory free.
-
- This means you have tried to mount an AFS partition under the same name as a
- partition in the rigid disk blocks.
-
- Just change the name of the partition (In the mountlist) you are trying to
- mount.
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- 4) I keep getting an afs error that states the allocated memory does not
- match the memory mask.
-
- On some older SCSI and IDE controllers you will need to set your DMA mask
- value correctly - please see the manual with your controller for this
- information.
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- If AFS reports an error stating that the allocated memory does not match the
- DMA mask value then you will need to widen out your DMA mask setting. This
- can be done by adding one or more F's to the start of the number.
-
- If you still have problems with your mask value then please email or phone
- techinical support.
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