[Coco] The ultimate VCC hard disk image using EmuDsk

[Bill Pierce]

Barry, finally got back to my computer. I found the info that I knew I had tucked somewhere :-)
I was getting the same results as you on a CF image I know I've accessed before. So I did some searching...
Here's the settings for using the SuperIDE

> MPI slots loaded as:
> Slot 1 - ide.dll
> Slot 2 - Orch90.dll
> Slot 3 - harddrive.dll
> Slot 4 - FD-502.dll
>
> in "Cartridge / FD-502 Config"
> Uncheck "Clock at 0xFF50-51"
(this is imperative, I missed this to start with and could get nothing, "No Hard Drive Found")
> Check "Disk Image / External Rom Image"
> In bottom right corner, click "Browse" and mount Luis's "hdblba.rom"
> Click "OK"
>
> Now in "Cartridge"
> Click "IDE Config"
> Make sure "Base Address 0xFF" is set to "50"
> Check "Clock at 0xFF70"
> Check "Clock is Read-Only"
> Clcik "IDE Master" and mount the image or VHD
> Now hit "F9" twice (cold start, once "off" twice "on")
>


 That should do it. This image has the RSDOS partiton first (non-conventional) with no offsets used, so if you image has the OS9 first, offsets will need be set in hdblba.

 


Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Nelson <Barry.Nelson at amobiledevice.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Nov 13, 2015 9:55 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] The ultimate VCC hard disk image using EmuDsk


I am aware of that, I was planning on making an "installer" to run off
a
DriveWire 4 drive, but so far I can't even get the IDE version of HDBDOS
to
recognize the disk. I sort of want to be able to test both the NitrOS9
and
DECB setup. On the NitrOS9 side I can access the disk, but the HDBDOS
rom
says there is no hard drive. I think that there might be some
functionality
that NitrOS9 does not use but is needed for HDBDOS that VCC does
not
implement. Is this possible?

 

>        Bill Pierce ooogalapasooo at
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Fri Nov 13 02:57:46 EST 2015 

 

>        Barry, without specific info,
there's no way you can make it work
for the GlensideIDE. You have no way of
knowing what size drives the end
user has, nor any of their settings. And how
are you going to copy it? The
best that could be done is for the user to copy
all the files to their HD
from you VHD using DW4 (it's what I would do). Same
for any other 'real'
HD.. Without known sizes and specific descriptor
parameters, I just don't
see how you could do that.

>         BTW, I have a
GlensideIDE, set up with a cluster size of 64, using
two 4gig partitions and an
RSDOS 256 disk partition. Try setting that up
LOL. I don't use the RSDOS
partition, I use DW4 instead for RSDOS. If I do
need the RSDOS partition, I just
load my preconfigured hdblba from disk.

 


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