Amiga OS 3.2.1 Installation in WinUAE

 Prepare CF Disk

Clean

  • Connect the CF card to the PC.
  • Click on the Windows icon (bottom left of the desktop) and then write "cmd" and run it as Administrator
  • In the Command Prompt window that opens up type “diskpart” and press return. You will see that the usual C:\ prompt has now changed to DISKPART>.
  • Now type “list disk”. You will be presented with a list of all the drives on your system. Locate the CF drive in the list.
  • Type “select disk #” and replace the # with the drive number for your CF drive.
  • Now type “clean”. All formatting info will be wiped from that drive.
  • Close the Command Prompt window at this point.

Partition

  • Go to your install of WinUAE and right click the icon and select Run as Administrator.
  • Go to the Floppy drives section and add your Workbench Install ADF image to DF0.
  • Go to the CD & Hard Drives section and click on "Add Hard Drive".
  • Make sure the CF card is connected to your reader and select the Hard Drive drop down menu and select your CF card.
  • Ensure that Read/write is ticked. You will notice that the device type is UAE (uaehf.device).
  • Now click on Add hard drive.
  • Now click on Start and wait for the Workbench Install disk to boot up.
  • Double click the Ram Disk icon.
  • Copy HDToolBox from the Install3.2 Disk to the Ram Disk by dragging it.
  • Click on the copy of HDToolBox and head to the Icons menu at the top of the screen and then select Information.
  • Click on SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=scsi.device and change it to SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=uaehf.device and then click Save.

  • Now double click the HDToolBox icon.
  • Once loaded you should see your CF drive listed with a SCSI Interface and it's status is most likely listed as Unknown.
  • Click on Change Drive Type to be taken to the Set Drive Type window.
  • Click on Define New….
  • You should now see a window showing info on Cylinders and Heads etc. We don’t need to set anything here. We can let it do the work by clicking on Read Configuration and then on Continue on the small pop up that appears.
  • You will see that the drive info has changed. Just click OK to return to the Select a Drive Type window. Click OK again.
  • You should now be back at main menu and the drive info has been updated. From here select Partition Drive.
  • This is where you can create and size your partitions (HD0, HD1 ... as names)


  • Click on OK.
  • Back at the main menu select Save Changes to Drive. This should take a second or so and once complete the Save Changes to Drive button should be ghosted out to prevent you clicking it again.
  • Click Exit.
  • Now press F12 to bring up the WinUAE properties window and click on CD & Hard Drives to see your CF drive listed. Ensure the CF drive is highlighted and click the Remove button.
  • Now go to the Windows USB Eject icon and eject the CF drive from Windows as you would do for any USB drive.
  • Remove the CF card from the reader and then plug it back in.
  • Now go back into the WinUAE properties window and click on Add Hard Drive and add your CF drive back to the Amiga system. 
  • Reset to reboot your emulated Amiga. You should see your new CF partitions listed as NDOS disks.
  • Single click on the drive you made bootable and select Format from the Icons menu.
  • Give this a New Volume Name. Untick Trashcan and click Quick Format.
  • After formatting, start the Amiga OS installation and use your newly created disks.

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