> I've finally managed to connect a harddisk and CDrom player to my MSX2
using
> the Sunrise ATA-IDE/RS232c interface, but I'm experiencing some problems.
> The first is that only 32MB of the harddisk is detected. I suppose that's
> the maximum partition size? How should I know? This is basic information
> that should have been published in some sort of 'getting started' manual.
32 MB partitions is indeed the maximum size of partitions on the MSX,
because it uses the FAT12 system (FAT16 on the MSX has been a log time
wish... there already is FAT16-support for the MegaSCSI, if I'm not
mistaking)...
In the current version of IDEFDISK, 32 MB isn't only the MAXIMUM size, but
also the ONLY size. Support for smaller partitions has not yet been made.
But unless you have a very small harddisk (like my previous one of 125 MB;
3MB too little for a 4th partition!), it won't make that much difference.
> With IDEFDISK.COM, I've tried to make other partitions but didn't succeed.
> The documentation of IDEFDISK just isn't enough to make it clear how to
use
> it. Can anybody tell me what I should do to use the whole 500MB of the
drive
> (a Seagate ST3660A)?
You should choose "automatic partitionizing" (it's in the main menu), and
then "write partitiontable", and finally "format (or re-initialize, dunno
exactly anymore) partitions"...
Inbetween, you can check out the "show partition table" option to see what
you're doing.
> A big problem is also that the CDrom drive is not found. I've put the
switch
> on the back of the drive on 'Slave' but the IDE interface just says it
can't
> find a slave and IDECDEX.COM aborts with the error message 'IDE
driveletter
> not found. What gives?
I have no experience with that (my only CD-Rom drive is 2-speed drive which
had a IDE-compatible connector but wasn't IDE-compatible but some native
Creative protocol, so I still haven't got a CD-Rom drive connected to my
MSX).
> BTW: I succeeded in installing Linux on my PC, so why shouldn't I be able
to
> get a harddisk and CDrom working under MSXDOS2???
Hmmm...
~Grauw
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