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I have developed an IDE to SD adapter for transferring large files from a windozzz pc to the Amiga in my A3000T, A3000D, A1200 computers. It consists of my A3000T and A3000D installing an IDE adapter like the buddha adapter. I also have a IDE2SD adapter with a 2 or 4GB SD card. This way I can transfer large files. This works great. My issue is that the Amiga doesn't see a disk change. I must reboot the Amiga I install the SD card. In OS3.2 QA there is a command to shut down the device "MOUNT HD5: SHUTDOWN" and "ASSIGN HD5: DISMOUNT" but the handler is still active when I remount HD5: I get a DEVICE HD5: ALREADY MOUNTED message. What I need is to completely remove HD5: so, when I mount it will rescan the SD card with my new files. I have used CrossDOSFileSystem and FAT95 filesystem withe same issue. Here is my mount lists I use. I manually mount HD5:, it is not in my DEVS/DosDrivers folder.

DEVICE = buddhascsi.device
Unit = 0
FileSystem = L: fat95 (CrossDOSFileSystem)
DosType = 0x46415401 (0x4D534801)
Activate = 1

If anyone has a solution to this issue, please contact me at [email protected]
This is the cheapest way to transfer large files for around @30.00. You can also use a Compact Flash card or whatever type that is common to both pc's. The hardware hacks I have posted on forum.icomp.de search for a3000t.
My systems: A2000, A3000T Phase5 68060/50 80mb fast ram, CyberVision 64/3D, I bought this new when it came out in 199x, 2x A3000T, A3000D, A1200, A4000D. Except for the A2000 they all have eSATAp connectors to attach, HD, CD/DVD, SD, CF, SSD devices. I also have 3x A3640 that I will use in my A3000D and the A4000.
Frank

When you say you have developed an IDE to SD adapter, do you mean you have designed hardware yourself, or developed a way to connect an existing adapter to your Amiga?

In any, case I bought an SD to IDE adapter for my A4000D, for similar fast transfer with other computers. I plugged it into the IDE cable on one IDE bus and setup the FAT95 drivers. I managed to get it working and mounting on boot as long as a card was inserted. But disk change and hot plugging didn't work.

It looks like this could be a hardware limitation of the adapters. They accept removable storage but only identify as a permanent device. So don't act as a removable device and the device driver won't know about it. ATAPI commands for disk insert/removal won't be sent it looks. The only solution may be a hardware solution, such as an eject button, that removes power from the adapter and forces it to reload. Check thread here for some info on these adapters:
https://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=14 ... tcount=442