On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 11:20:22AM -0000, P Witte wrote: > 2) I cant get Linux to read my floppy. It is recognised in the boot screen > as /dev/fd0 HD 2880 but mounting it, eg: > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /a > > throws up errors - wrong format, IO error, etc. Tried from fd0D720 to > fd1H1440, msdos to vfat, various disks, but no joy. uQLx also complains > that it is the wrong format - same whether Qdos or msdos disks are used. > SMSQ recognises it, ie it is not a hardware issue.
most likely wrong cable. SMSQ does not use certain features of the floppy so it does not show up there. Typically this happens when you attach a floppy that was previously used with QL hardware, you need a twisted PC cable. > 3) Is there a TK2, or clone, available that will allow Minerva to MAKE_DIR, > SET_FUPDT, etc ? a real TK2, version 2.10 or 2.11 will work fine, other versions are less tested. There are other toolkits available which provides similar functionality. > 4) Is there a program that will scan all partitions on the hard disk for bad > sectors (SMSQE or Linux)? there used to be something but it is no longer useful with modern drives. There is an ide-smart diagnose tool which isn't extremely usefull either. qxl_fschk will test integrity of SMSQ filesystems. > 5) How can I run atari-fdisk on a live system (to check that my partition > tables are ok)? Can it be compiled to run under Qdos/SMSQ/E ? 'atari-fdisk -l' will always list it, to change the partition table use atari-fdisk -f, needs a reboot for the changes to become effective. The partitions are also listed in /proc/partitions > 6) Where can I find documentation or information on the QWA partion > table(s)? information about physical QWA fs layout is badly scattered around, uqlx/docs/qxlwin.html describes the basic idea of it. If you need more detailed knowledge just ask. Of course the sources of atari-fdisk, qxl_fschk and uqlx are available. *NOTE* QWA fs layout is not identical on QXL/QPC/Q40. The partition tables used by SMSQ and Linux-Q40 are Atari-ST like with XGM extension, and a few quirks in SMSQ. The format is pretty well described in the README that comes with atari-fdisk sources. > 7) Can uQLx be made to run machine code natively under Qdos? needs some more work. Bye Richard
