twh/f2 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Hi there! Today I did a a sector-by-sector clone from my SanDisk Compact Flash using Acronis TrueImage. I was using a USB2IDE Bridge. When I finished the Recovery the second SanDisk (exactly the same type of flash disk) was not bootable and did not seem to work. Fdisk2 recognized the partitions, but otherwise I could not get the clone to work. What would be a different approach to clone a disk? I'm suspecting Acronis TrueImage a bit. greetings, twh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/download/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I was not aware that Acronis True Image could do a real sector copy, but I've been using Version 11 with XP for several years. I'll check the newer version -- 13 now, I think. Anyway, it sounds like what you need is "HDClone" by Miray Software. It is the only true sector copier that I am aware of for a Windows PC. Best of all, the truly FREE version should do what you want! Check it out! -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bit-guy Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 i would buy an ide plus 2 if i get the chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 i would buy an ide plus 2 if i get the chance Wrong thread, try this one instead: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/209784-is-the-ide-plus-20-still-available-not-at-lotharek/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) IDE+2.0 BIOS update: http://drac030.krap.pl/en-kmkjz-pliki.php Apologies for not fixing the problem reported by Larry and ProWizard, with MAC/65 cart crashing. But there is some progress: I have reproduced the problem. It only seems to occur when SDX switch is set to off, but I have no idea why. Warm reset sometimes makes MAC/65 responsive after that, which is odd. Edited January 20, 2014 by drac030 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 IDE+2.0 BIOS update: http://drac030.krap.pl/en-kmkjz-pliki.php Conrad, after I flashed the BIOS and re-created all my CF partitions (with FDISK 4.2) I did two test runs, once with metadata in the partitions and once without. On both tests FORMAT fails to format both regular and external (FAT16) APT partitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) If this is the rev. D interface, then disable the hardware write-protection switch. EDIT: on mine, it is the switch to the left of the SDX switch. Just toggle it. Edited January 20, 2014 by drac030 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 On both tests FORMAT fails to format both regular and external (FAT16) APT partitions. Out of idle curiosity: although it can be done, why would one wish to format an external partition SDFS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) @Conrad Yes it is, so that switch is now functional.... Edited January 20, 2014 by atari8warez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 If this is the rev. D interface, then disable the hardware write-protection switch. EDIT: on mine, it is the switch to the left of the SDX switch. Just toggle it. Ok thank you, changing the switch fixed the issue.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yes. So is the IRQ button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Out of idle curiosity: although it can be done, why would one wish to format an external partition SDFS? SDFS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yes. So is the IRQ button. Great, is there a way to put that IRQ button to use yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yes. You might need to read NEWS.TXT from the archive. Basically the BIOS allows you to "mount" up to 15 ATR files (as logical disks), and pressing the button "rotates" them, i.e. changes drive assignments in a cyclic way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yes. You might need to read NEWS.TXT from the archive. Basically the BIOS allows you to "mount" up to 15 ATR files (as logical disks), and pressing the button "rotates" them, i.e. changes drive assignments in a cyclic way. Great, I do some reading then..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 SDFS? SpartaDOS File System. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) Out of idle curiosity: although it can be done, why would one wish to format an external partition SDFS? The reason I did this (and I am still having issues with the external partition) is because despite the fact I formatted that FAT partition in Windows and copied some files to it when I am booting the Atari with FATFS.SYS I am getting "Unknown file system" error when I try to access the external partition. I was able to set this up properly before, I am not sure why I am having problems now Edited January 20, 2014 by atari8warez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Have you given it a Drive # in FDISK.. I always set mine to drive D2: aka 'B:', and I do turn it off in Fdisk when not using that FAT16 partition.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Have you given it a Drive # in FDISK.. I always set mine to drive D2: aka 'B:', and I do turn it off in Fdisk when not using that FAT16 partition.. untitled.PNG Yes I did, it's drive D8: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Most likely issue is size of the FAT16 partition: it must be 32MB or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 "Unknown file system" error Maybe the partition is too big. The released driver only accepts FAT file systems not bigger than 32 MB. Also not more than 1424 files in Root directory is allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) Most likely issue is size of the FAT16 partition: it must be 32MB or less. it is 32 MB, should I still be entering the size in FDISK as 31.99, because that's what I did before, with v4.2 I always entered 32 Edited January 20, 2014 by atari8warez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) atariwarez: open the offending partition in Eddy, sector 1, and, if possible, make a photo of the screen so that the contents of the sector 1 (i.e. the numbers) are clearly visible. It is enough to show first 256 bytes. I can then find out why the driver is rejecting that partition. Edited January 20, 2014 by drac030 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) atariwarez: open the offending partition in Eddy, sector 1, and, if possible, make a photo of the screen so that the contents of the sector 1 (i.e. the numbers) are clearly visible. It is enough to show first 256 bytes. I can then find out why the driver is rejecting that partition. Ok, I checked the size when I was creating the external reference to FAT and seen that it has 35536 sectors. I guess that's the problem, FDISK defaults to that number of sectors if one enters 32MB when creating the FAT partition, but I will do what you asked as well. Edited January 20, 2014 by atari8warez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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