On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:37:15 +0200, Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: > On 23/04/2020 13:08, Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users wrote: > > > Err... I do need the corresponding sources, so that I can patch them > > (I need a delay on boot for the hard disk, else it won't cold-boot > > on it) > > Very interesting, is a common problem using compressed SMSQe Rom with > normal HD ?
It is a problem with my HD (a 60Gb Maxtor) and my Q60 @ 66MHz: SMSQ/E boots so fast (from the ROM) that the HD does not have enough time to spin up (after a cold start or a software reset) and be ready by the time SMSQ/E tries and reads win1_boot, so SMSQ/E gives up on booting on the HD... > Could be this a value parametrized ? I just coded a (very quick) and (totally) dirty 5s delay loop in the Q40 HD init code. The *proper* fix would require waiting in a loop (that would timeout after 10s or so) for a HD to show up and report as being ready on the IDE port(s). This won't need any parameter, but perhaps a disabling flag in the SMSQ/E config block, for people not using any HD (or IDE drive) and booting only from floppy (disabling that feature would allow for faster boot on floppy). > Well I am curious to know what you did, can be this module published ? Patch attached. I already reported the issue and transmitted the patch to Wolfgang as well, a few months ago. I suppose I'm the only person affected (with perhaps the only known configuration regrouping a low spinning drive and a fast (overclocked) Q60)... > > I can vouch for this fact that, sadly and while implementing a "full IDE" > > compatibility mode, the Compact Flash cards (their "reader" is actually > > just a controller-less CF connector to PATA IDE connector adapter) are > > totally unreliable when used on an IDE bus, be it from SMSQ/E or Linux: > > they *might* seem to work, at first (at least some brands might look like > > they do), and as long as you copy files in a raw on a blank medium, but > > as soon as you start deleting files and writing others (i.e. for random > > access, and with fragmentation), you get immediate medium corruption ! > > it is more easy to find on the market CF to IDE adapter, only for my Q40 > I ordered recently from Amazon (should be here next week) an SD/IDE > adapter: Kalea Informatique - Adaptateur Convertisseur IDE 3.5" 40Pin > vers SD Card. I let you know . I already did that, months ago... Tried with 32Gb CF cards made by Transcend (first write on blank QXL.WIN works fine under SMSQ/E, then rewrites corrupt the whole media) and SanDisk (not working *at all* with the adapter). Note that both CF cards (totally) fail under Q60-Linux as well (so it's not SMSQ/E's fault). > On Q60 I have a single adapter CF to IDE, similar to 2.5 inch HD > enclosure, that can hold 2 CF, one per side, master and slave. It works. Lucky you ! Feel free to provide the community with the brands and models (especially the CF card brand/model, since this is the only thing which truly counts for a controller-less IDE/CF adapter). Also, perhaps your "2.5 inch HD enclosure" is in fact equipped with an actual IDE controller (is there any IC on its PCB) ? Thierry. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
