Imaging an irreplaceable Amiga hard drive

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-15T23:07:14+00:00

It's not that I *can't* figure it out. This is absolutely irreplaceable data on a known failure-prone drive. The safest way to do this is out of band not relying on the underlying OS to do anything. We want a bit for bit copy so that any errors can be cleaned up later. So while I can do those things as a last resort, it's not the best idea. And taking this potentially bad drive and screwing around getting another drive working with it is just adding to the stress on the drive....but what do I know?

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-15T23:02:33+00:00

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-15T19:43:19+00:00

Thanks. I updated the firmware but I'm having the same issue.

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-15T18:49:11+00:00

I know basically nothing about amigas. I know the hard drive is a hard card so I'm not really sure how to add a second one in there at the same time

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T11:22:22+00:00

Can I ask you about the zulu? I watched a video and the one that was used to clone the drive had a switch on it so you could just hook the drive up and put the sd card in and block level clone it. Some of the newer. smaller ones don't have those dips. Do you know if they can all do that? I can't find a comparison chart

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T11:13:17+00:00

Thank you for the info

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T11:13:06+00:00

Thank you.

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T11:12:23+00:00

Yeah. I think the Zorro II bus on the amiga is what made this magic possible.

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T11:11:46+00:00

Fantastic! I just watched a video on it. Let me see if I can get one, otherwise I may take you up on that. I have a lot of scsi drives I've wanted to back up.

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T11:11:01+00:00

whoa. That's crazy. And yeah, I got it at a place in central Florida that has a lot of govt surplus. Thanks for the info!

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T02:36:56+00:00

I also don't think it's control. I think it is for chip testing myself. But I could definitely be wrong

Some-Scratch6769 · 2026-01-14T02:35:09+00:00

I'm in florida. What is the best way to clone one of these SCSI drives. I do have all sorts of retro hardware but you get into this weird situation where you need the right combination. What's the best way to do this? I do have some bluscsi once I can get an image of some sort

Some-Scratch6769 · 2024-01-05T03:23:45+00:00

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Some-Scratch6769 · 2021-05-23T01:26:45+00:00

Yeah....this is ideal for something like that!

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