> Now I have another stupid question.
> The MEGASCSI.TBL file...
> Is it really a partition table of the SCSI device?
> Why I have a copy of it on each partition? They are all the same,
>right?
> Why this? Can I get partition table info whithout reading it? Is
>it only for backup?
> CP uses MEGASCSI.TBL. Anything special? CP could change partitions
>without reading MEGASCSI.TBL?
MEGASCSI.TBL is used only when executing CP. Having such file repeated in
each partition, accessing it is faster and easier. In old MegaSCSI disks
(disks formatted with old versions of SFORM), reading this file is the only
way to know how the disk is partitionned.
But disks formatted with ESE-ASPI format have an standard parition table on
the boot sector, so these TBL files are no needed. I developped a partition
changer for MegaSCSI, which uses only this standard table. In this way you
can also use IDE or PC partitions with MegaSCSI. You have this program
(PS.COM) in my web page.
>P.S.: Konami Man, thanks a lot for MEGUIDE.TXT! Great info!
(-v-)v
>P.S.2: Why so many questions? Why I just don't debug MEGASCSI.TBL and
> shut up my mouth? Because I DON'T have a MegaSCSI! I'm programming
> it even without having one. Yes. Crazy? Maybe. But I want to
> program for MSX. And I want to program MegaSCSI. And I am fudeba. :)
Hey hey, don't worry:
1) Nowadays, to be crazy is a recommended system requirement for being
MSXer. X-)
2) "Fudebako" means "pencil box" in japanese. "Fudeba" seems to be a non
existing word... ;-)
>* Windows is made by MicroSOFT, not MicroGOOD, MicroRIGHT, or MicroFAST. *
People habitued to make MICRO programs can't make a good MACRO program! ;-)
Hasta incluso!!
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