> > In the current version of IDEFDISK, 32 MB isn't only the
> > MAXIMUM size, but also the ONLY size.
>
> This means I can only use 5x32MB=160MB of my harddisk? Not that I need
that
> much, but is seems a waste not to use the rest of the 500MB.
No, no... you can only use INT(500 / 32) * 32 = 15 * 32 = 480 MB.
There is a maximum of 32 partitions, so the effective maximum of the
IDE-interface is 1GB. You probably won't need more, and if you do then you
can ask Jon de Schrijder if he wants to make a BIOS-update which supports
>32 partitions...
> Yesterday, I succeeded in getting 5 partitions to work on my harddisk (as
A:
> to E:), thus leaving F: and G: for the floppy drives and H: for the
MSXDOS2
> ramdisk.
>
> IDEFDISK does try to make 16 partitions but MSXDOS 2 apparently doesn't
use
> them. Besides that, the documentation of IDECDEX says it can't work if
there
> are more than 6 active partitions.I also can't use a ramdisk under MSXDOS2
> if the driveletter H: is already in use.
I think it tries to make 15 partitions, not 16 (see the formula above).
The first 6 will be mapped drive-letters A: to F:, and you can access the
other partitions by using the (IDE)PAR command, to assign another partition
to a drive.
By the way, in theory support for drive-letters > H: shouldn't be too hard I
think... It can at least be implemented in the Dos-functions quite easily.
And concerning problems with older DiskROMs (i.e. the ROM of the diskdrive),
I think those drive-names can be filtered out and renamed to an old
DiskROM-compatible driveletter. Or, to my opinion a better solution, the
partitions beyond the 6th partitions should get a drive-assignment after H:,
leaving a gap at G: and H: for older diskROMs.
Or even better: make the drive-assignment entirely modifyable, so people can
for example choose to set the diskdrives to A: and B: (like on PC), and boot
from the C:. Or use F: as drive-A, G: as drive-B and H: as RamDisk.
Something which is now impossible, which is very annoying because when I
create a RamDisk now it replaces my drive-B, which then can't be accessed
anymore.
> The problem with the CDrom drive remains. It's an old Mitsumi 4x speed
which
> has always worked correcty in a PC, but the IDE interface just doesn't
> detect it as a slave device.
You are sure it is IDE?
~Grauw
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