Dave, I finally found a download of cpmtools that works on my Windows 7 system. I had downloaded copies from 2 other sources, and though the program seemed to run, it would not recognize my new entry in the 'diskdefs' file.
Here is where I found a working version: Windows cpmtools <http://www.cpm8680.com/cpmtools/cpmtoolsWin32.zip> that actually work. Now, I must tell you that you are correct. Once you have you 'dummy.file' if is very easy to create your image using the command sequence you provided: 1) mkfs.cpm -f s100ide -b dummy.file -b CPMLDR.COM s100.dsk where s100ide is an entry in diskdefs that specifies the geometry of the drive dummy.file is a 512 byte empty file to get CPMLDR.COM <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2FCPMLDR.COM&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFRlcJ5EiPvQ2omu91e6p8b-bCosQ> to be in the correct sector start. s100.dsk is the file that represent the disk image. 2) cpmcp -f s100ide s100.dsk CPM3.SYS 0: cpmcp -f s100ide s100.dsk <cpm file> 0: copies <cpm file> to user area 0 on disk image continue until you have all the files you want on the disk 3) use a disk image write tool (dd on Linux or Mac) to write s100.dsk to CF card Thanks a lot Dave! Thomas On Friday, June 20, 2014 10:35:38 AM UTC-4, yoda wrote: > > Thomas > > I think the only other file that needs to change is HDRVTBL3.ASM to define > the disk. John can probably speak up if there are other files that need to > be modified. > > Dave > > > On Friday, June 20, 2014 9:05:15 AM UTC-5, Thomas Owen wrote: >> >> Everyone, >> I realize that there are several others working on this presently, but I >> still wanted to experiment with getting a system to work with dual drives. >> >> Here is what I have done this morning: took my original single drive >> HIDE3.ASM and incorporated all the code into it from John's copy ('My CPM >> System') that was used for the second IDE drive. >> >> My system will boot all the way through and stop after sector 152 (reads >> all of cpm3.sys) but then *I never get the A:> prompt*. >> >> Good effort, but I may have to wait for Dave to finish his solution after >> all. >> >> Thanks, >> Thomas >> >> >> On Friday, June 20, 2014 5:21:44 AM UTC-4, Thomas Owen wrote: >>> >>> Hello Dave, >>> Thanks for your reply - I have been looking at all the code that John >>> has on the site, and had downloaded the version you referenced. What I >>> wanted to know, for my own curiosity, was If I have a single drive system, >>> would all changes to support the second drive reside solely in HIDE3.ASM? >>> Would any of the other modules that assemble to CPM3.sys need to be altered? >>> >>> Thank you for your time and suggestions with this project - I have >>> really enjoyed digging back into this at such a detailed level after all >>> these years. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Thomas >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:52:43 PM UTC-4, yoda wrote: >>>> >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> The code is not in HIDE3.ASM to support both Drive A and B that you >>>> have. You can look at the code at the bottom of John's CPM page that says >>>> Most Current HmakeCPM (ABCDEF ...) you can see how it is done (A and F are >>>> the IDE drives). It is not hard and I am adding it to my code (will be A >>>> and B for IDE drives) and should have it up on the web this weekend if >>>> everything goes well. >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> On Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:20:55 PM UTC-5, Thomas Owen wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dave or David, >>>>> Can either of you tell me if all parameters to support drives A and B >>>>> in a simple non banked environment reside solely within Hide3.asm? If >>>>> not, >>>>> which other files contain any code required to support drive B. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and keep up the good work! >>>>> >>>>> Thomas >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
