>:>On megascsi I think all your partitions are the same size
>:>(except maybe for the last one), and all start at the
same
>:>point. This would mean when you change disks you always
get
>:>the same partitiontable.
>:
>:Nope! In MegaSCSI you can define the size of each
partition (when
>formatting
>:the device) with any amount of sectors. When you change
the disk you don't
>:need to do nothing if the new disk has the same
partitionning layout as the
>:previous; else, you must only to run the partition
changer.
>
>It isn't nessacary on the Bert too, if I'm correct.
>I wouldn't know why it shout not work...
>
>:This is not necessary if you boot from the SRAMdisk (that
is, if you assign
>:it to drive A:). This is very useful, because you have the
same booting
>:state regardless of the inserted disk.
>Well, that's only a small advantage of the MEGA-SCSI, for
command.com is
>just a small file compared to the size of the HD/ZIP...
>
>:>but then again, if you have to copy a lot from one zip to
an
>:>other, you have to use the ramdisk, since it cannot see
>:>which zipdisk is inserted...
>:
>:That's right. Maybe patching any hook on the disk work
area this can be
>:solved, because for check the disk change it is enough to
read the serial
>:number on the boot sector, and this is independent of the
controller.
>
>Another solution: buy a second zip-drive!!! The solution
for MSX's with only
>1 diskdrive is actually not very logical. But nessacary
(unfortunately).
>
>:>Another good thing about Mega-SCSI is that you don't need
to reboot your
>:>MSX when you change the Zip disk. Just exchange it, even
if it's the only
>:>SCSI device.
>:
>:Are you meaning that you need reset when you change the
disk with other
>SCSI
>:controllers?! Wow, now I'm really happy to have bought the
MegaSCSI!
>
>Well this is not correct, for I can start with only my
first HD online and
>then I can enable my second one later and just use it. When
I try to swap my
>second HD when it's off line it gives a SCSI I/O-error
error, but when it's
>on line it works fine.
This is not what I ment to say!
I ment to say that when you change the zipdisk, and they
have different partitiontabels, you will have to reboot. If
the partitiontabels are all the same, you don�t have to
reboot. That is also why I keep the partittions on my
zip-disks all the same!
>:> Mega-SCSI rulez.
>:
>:It's only that MegaSCSI designers took some time using the
brain before the
>:construction step. It is not so difficult.
>
>I think that's correct.
>
>Why should it be difficult... At the other hand, if it is
so easy, why is it
>made this way after such a long time? Because all designers
of
>SCSI-interfaces were "spaghetti" 'till now?
who knows....
Greetings from the Netherlands
Maico Arts
MSX-NBNO
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