Hi,
On 23/04/2020 13:08, Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users wrote:
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:10:13 +0200, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:
I don't feel it necessary to release a new version of SMSQE for this.
Err... I do need the corresponding sources, so that I can patch them (I need
a delay on boot for the hard disk, else it won't cold-boot on it) and burn
Very interesting, is a common problem using compressed SMSQe Rom with
normal HD ? Could be this a value parametrized ? Well I am curious to
know what you did, can be this module published ?
the resulting re-compiled ROM in the Q60 EPROMs...
Thanks in advance for publishing them.
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:03:58 +0200, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:
My advice: get rid of the CF reader, I have had nothing but trouble with
them.
I can vouch for this fact that, sadly and while implementing a "full IDE"
compatibility mode, the Compact Flash cards (their "reader" is actually
just a controller-less CF connector to PATA IDE connector adapter) are
totally unreliable when used on an IDE bus, be it from SMSQ/E or Linux:
they *might* seem to work, at first (at least some brands might look like
they do), and as long as you copy files in a raw on a blank medium, but
as soon as you start deleting files and writing others (i.e. for random
access, and with fragmentation), you get immediate medium corruption !
it is more easy to find on the market CF to IDE adapter, only for my Q40
I ordered recently from Amazon (should be here next week) an SD/IDE
adapter: Kalea Informatique - Adaptateur Convertisseur IDE 3.5" 40Pin
vers SD Card. I let you know .
On Q60 I have a single adapter CF to IDE, similar to 2.5 inch HD
enclosure, that can hold 2 CF, one per side, master and slave. It works.
Not so with SD cards.
Sadly, I did not find a single SD card to IDE adapter that could be
configured on a master/slave IDE port, i.e. they all grab the "stand
alone" role and forbid using a second IDE drive as a slave (or master).
I might have found a solution, and I recently ordered a PATA IDE to
SATA adapter (with master/slave jumper) and a SD card to SATA adapter.
I should receive them by mid-June (COVID allowing), and will then
report my luck (or lack thereof) with this setting...
Thierry.
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