Re: [hatari-devel] Using device files as drive images?

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

Am Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:54:12 +0200
schrieb Uwe Seimet <Uwe.Seimet@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
> 
> > > I choose "/dev/sdc" as image file for an IDE drive in the Hatari
> > > UI. But when I select this file with "Browse" and then click
> > > "Okay" the "IDE HD master image" path display does not display
> > > anything.
> > 
> > Could you attach whole output from doing:
> > 	hatari --conout 2 --trace ide --ide-master /dev/hdc
> > 
> > with Hatari from Mercurial?
> 
> This is what happens:
> 
> >ls -al /dev/sdc
> brwxrwxrwx 1 root disk 8, 32 Oct 12 08:40 /dev/sdc
> 
> 
> >hatari --conout 2 --trace ide --ide-master /dev/sdc
> Xcounout device 2 vector redirection enabled.
> 
> Hatari v1.8.0 - the Atari ST, STE, TT and Falcon emulator.
> 
> Hatari is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License.
> 
> Usage:
>  hatari [options] [disk image name]
> 
> Try option "-h" or "--help" to display more information.
> 
> Error while parsing argument "/dev/sdc" for option "--ide-master":
>   Given file doesn't exist (or has wrong file permissions)!

Sounds like File_Exists() has some problems with that device file...
what do you get when you run "stat /dev/sdc" ?

 Thomas