Re: [hatari-devel] Re: Problems with GEMDOS drive support

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 9/19/18 12:59 AM, Roger Burrows wrote:
> On 19 Sep 2018 at 0:03, Eero Tamminen wrote:
> > On 9/18/18 3:57 AM, Roger Burrows wrote:
> > > I've done some investigation on my system with config files set up to boot
> > a
> > > Falcon with TOS4.04.  I'm using images of IDE drives, each 80MB in size with
> > 4
> > > partitions.  I have the config option set to map the GEMDOS drive
> > partition
> > > after the ACSI/IDE partitions.
> > >
> > > If I boot with one image mapped to the IDE master, then the GEMDOS drive
> > is
> > > visible, so I see drives C: to G: inclusive on the desktop.  If I boot with
> > two
> > > images (mapped to master & slave), then only one is visible, and the
> > GEMDOS
> > > image isn't visible either (I only see drives C: to F: inclusive).  I
> > don't
> > > think this can be right, or even intended.
> >
> > Do your two IDE images work any better *without* GEMDOS HD?
> No.

OK, so it's IDE issue.


> > Which hard disk driver & version you're using with TOS v4.04?
> AHDI v5.00

Does anybody know whether that actually supports both
IDE master & slave?


> > How you have configured your hard disk driver to map
> > the partitions from these two drives (at least HD driver
> > has options for this, maybe also others)?
> Good question - this was set up so long ago, I've forgotten.  It could very
> well explain why the slave partitions aren't visible.  But I still don't see
> why the GEMDOS drive would disappear altogether.
>
> > What output you have about Hatari HD partition mapping with:
> > 	--trace scsi_cmd,ide
> > ?
> Ah, at this point I'm going to pass.  I only started this thread because MiKRO
> was having problems, I was trying to reproduce them, and I ran into this
> situation.  Since I'm never going to use this setup in practice, I don't really
> care enough to pursue it further.  Sorry to bother you.

Without knowing:
* how many partitions Hatari counted from the IDE images
* where Hatari decided to put the GEMDOS HD as a result,
* and whether it actually was visible as that drive
  (after doing "install devices")

It's hard to say whether "GEMDOS HD was visible" or not. :-)


	- Eero