gozar Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I set up a hard drive under Altirra using the Side 2 and U1Mb option, and it seems to be working well. My problem is that it seems to be ignoring config.sys. Where do I look first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 In FDISK, make sure the volume containing CONFIG.SYS has the boot flag set. Which drive number is it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 In FDISK, make sure the volume containing CONFIG.SYS has the boot flag set. Which drive number is it on? That's what I thought a first, but it doesn't use it when I set the drive to D1: or D3:, both with the boot flag set. It runs through the autoexec.bat file each time though. I know it's just something simple I'm overlooking... :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Fdisk: Config.sys: USE BANKED DEVICE SPARTA DEVICE SIO DEVICE ATARIDOS DEVICE RTIME8 DEVICE DOSKEY \ALIASES.INI DEVICE RAMDISK DEVICE COMEXE DEVICE \UTIL\S_VBXE DEVICE \UTIL\CON\CON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You're certain you're using the PBI BIOS and not the soft-driver? The SIDE soft-driver won't pick up CONFIG.SYS a hard disk partition. Ensure SIDE Hardware is "ON" in the BIOS menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 I think so: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 OK. Send me the hard disk image if possible (as a ZIP file) and I'll take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 OK. Send me the hard disk image if possible (as a ZIP file) and I'll take a look. Cool, thanks! https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6wh2m5f42gyspx/Goz-Altirra.zip (It's the whole set up.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaeron Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Either turn on System > Disk Drive > SIO Override Detection or disable System > Firmware > Fast Boot. The problem is that Altirra is attempting to accelerate some disk requests that need to go through the 6502-based PBI driver. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 phaeron : "disable System > Firmware > Fast Boot" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thanks guys: saved me a task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Awesome, thanks guys! I knew it had to be something simple. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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