Zorro II, ZZ9000 1.9.2 and USB

MNT ZZ9000
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  • Amiga model: A2000 v6.2 with 2MB Chip RAM
  • 680x0 CPU: 68060 on Phase 5 Blizzard 2060
  • RAM Configuration: 2MB Chip, 66 MB FAST (2MB 16-bit)
  • Kickstart, AmigaOS Versions: KS 47.96 (3.2), AmigaOS 3.2 (Fresh install)
  • ZZ9000 Firmware version: 1.9.2 from link you sent
  • ZZ9000 Driver version: 1.9
  • Monitor model: HP Z23
  • Other Zorro cards: A2091, A2232, A2386sx Bridgecard
  • USB device has been tried on 4GB and 256MB.

Trying to get the USB to work again on my setup (it was working on fw1.8 as FAT32 and I could successfully share files between PC and Amiga.)

Following another post here about ZZ9000 and USB, I configured HDInstTools with the device_name as ZZUSB.device. I can see the USB when I configure HDToolBox but get an error 30 when I try to save the config. Under HDInstTools 6.9, it does not see the USB stick. Workbench does show a USB0:Uninitialized whether I have a stick in or not.

Error 30 with HDToolBox:

Error30
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System Config and HDInstTools icon settings:

AmigaSystem
AmigaSystem1920×1440 228 KB

No USB stick found with HDInstTools:

NoDriveHDInstTools
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HDInstTools 6.9 icon settings:

NoDriveHDInstTools
NoDriveHDInstTools1920×1440 151 KB

Let me know any adjustments. I am happy to help.

Alan

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Uploaded a duplicate pic. This should be the final picture.

ZZUSB_Device
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Similar to my experiences. In 1.8 USB worked somehow, lots of read errors though, but now USB seems to be completly unusable. I really hope it gets fixed since im tired of burning CD’s in order to get files over to my amiga.
Downloading the files directly on the amiga through ibrowse usually works but not for everything, therefore a way to transfer files via USB would be really handy.

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I had USB working great on 1.8. I followed these steps from the FB ZZ9000 page:

Step 1. Install Drivers and Package files.

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  • Install ZZ9000 drivers using MNT’s Installer. Answer “Yes” when asked to install the USB Storage Driver. This will copy a file to Devs:ZZ9000USBStorage.device.

  • Unpack Fat95.lha make sure to copy the files under “L” directory and “C” to Sys:L and Sys:C if these binaries are not already there. You’ll need specifically L:fat95 to be present on your system.

Step 2. Create a Mountlist

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  • Based on the Fat95 package, copy one of the mount files MS0 / MS1 and rename it to USB0 (for example).

  • Using a text Editor modify the mount list as follows (note I modified MS1 for testing):

/* MS1: fat95 PC file system for floppy #1 */

/* $VER: fat95 file system 3.06 (08-Aug-2002) by Torsten Jager */

FileSystem = L:fat95

Device = ZZ9000USBStorage.device

Unit = 0 /* change drive number here */

Flags = 0

LowCyl = 0

HighCyl = 0

Surfaces = 0 /* bootblock values have priority over these */

BlocksPerTrack = 1

Buffers = 20

BufMemType = 1

BootPri = 0

Stacksize = 4096

Priority = 5

GlobVec = -1

DosType = 0x46415401 /* enable ETD commands */

Save the file and exit the editor.

**Note.- Do not copy it over SYS:Devs/DOS drivers, since it can crash the computer at boot time. See step 5 below, and “7. Notes and Limitations” too.

Edit the Icon Tooltypes under “Icon” tab and add the following entries:

Activate=1

Device=ZZ9000USBStorage.device

Unit=0

L:fat95

Click [save], to save the Tooltypes you just set.

Step 3. Format and Partition the USB

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  • Format a USB flash drive with the following specs.

  • Size: 4 GB (max).

  • FAT16 or FAT32.- both are supported.

  • If you have higher capacity USB flash disks only, execute the following procedure to delete its existing partition and create a 4 GB one.

Press Windows+R to open Run in a command prompt window.

DISKPART ↵

DISKPART> list disk ↵

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

Disk 0 Online 40 GB 0 B

Disk 1 Online 7538 MB 0 B

Your USB is Disk 1 (7538 MB), select it:

DISKPART> select disk 1 ↵

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list part

Partition ### Type Size Offset

Partition 1 Primary 500 MB 1024 KB

DISKPART> clean ↵

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

resize USB to 4000MB

DISKPART> create part primary size=4000

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> active ↵

DiskPart marked the current partition as active.

Step 4. Format the USB flash.

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  • When trying to format under Windows you will see the FAT / FAT 32 option there. You can either use FAT (FAT16) or FAT32. Don’t use ExtFAT.

  • Format the drive using Windows.**

**(You can use Linux / OS X if you want when formatting).

Step 5. Power Down the Amiga

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  • Insert the newly formatted USB in the USB slot of the ZZ9000 card.

  • Power Up / Boot the Amiga.

  • Once it’s up and running double click on the USB0 device mount list you created in step 2.

  • A new drive will pop-up in Workbench.

Step 6.

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  • Enjoy! 🙂

  • USB flash will be read / write once mounted.

  1. Additional Notes and Limitations.

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  • Note.- Remember to power down / power up the Amiga every time you need to disconnect or reconnect the USB flash drive. Do not attempt to hot swap your USB device.

  • I’ve noticed that using Fat95 I’m limited to use 4GB partitions only. Using 8 GB partitions cause the system to get a Software Failure or apparently “mounting it” without popping any icon at all.