| From: | David Le Huray |
| Date: | 10 May 2000 at 09:07:39 |
| Subject: | PFS2 - 3 Upgrade (Long) |
Hi All,
can anyone who has successfully upgraded from PFS2 to PFS 3 please tell me where I am going wrong!
I have a 4 GB HD, divided in to:
Wbench: 100 Mb - OS3.5 Boot priority 1
OS3.1: 100Mb - Boot priority 0
Utilities: 1Gb - MUI, Netconnect2/3,PFS2/3
Graphics: 1Gb - Frogger, Icons
Games: 1Gb - empty
Data: 400Mb - empty
Internet: 300Mb - empty
All partitions are formatted with PFS2 except OS3.1, and all work fine!
Commenced the upgrade to PFS3 as follows:
Installed PFS3 direct SCSI version.
Opened HDInstTools. Display showed 4GB Hd - unmodified.
selected 'Add File System' - in dialogue box that appeared typed 'PDS\3' as the file system and left version etc as displayed. Selected OK. File system now shown in main window - selected OK.
Display now shows HD as modified. Selected 'Save Changes To Drive' and rebooted, got dialogue box informing me that all data on changed partitions would be lost - ignored . All OK so far :-)
After reboot went back into HDInstTools and checked that new file system still shown then selected Data: partition and selected 'Edit Partition'. Display shows file system as Custom: PDS\0 {which is PFS2 Direct SCSI}, max transfer as 0x00fffe00 and buffers as 250.
Replaced phrase PDS\0 with PDS\3 - nothing else changed - selected OK and returned to main display which now shows HD as modified.
Selected 'Save Changes to Drive' - told that all data on changed partitions would be lost - ignored again and rebooted.
Reboot started - got past CGFX boot screen and then froze on blank screen with Workbench in title and busy mouse pointer.:-(
Several reboots all had same results.:-(
Booted into OS3.1 partition no problem.:-)
Booted without startup-sequence and ran HDInsttools. Everything displayed as it should be. Changed Data: partition back to PDS\0, saved changes and rebooted. Everthing worked again.:-)
I have tried several times to install PFS3 all with the same effect. I have even tried formatting Data: using PFSformat, but the HD still fails to boot until I change the partition back to PFS2.:-(
Sorry that this email has been so long but I wanted to make my actions as clear aspossible. If anyone has any information or suggestions they would be eagerly welcomed.
Thanks in advance
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