Du2k version 3.0

[F.G. Kaal]

Hi all,

 

There is a new version of Du2k v3.0 available here hexbus.com/ti99geek/Projects/du2k/du2k.html

and here.

 

Du2k now allows the creation of 8 partitions for an IDE (master or slave) device. The maximum number of IDE devices is still 8 (IDE1 - IDE8) but now you don't need a slave device if you need more than 4 partitions or you can have i.e. 6 partitions on a master IDE device and 2 partitions on a slave IDE device. The download also contains a Du2kv30.bin file for use with the FlashRom99 and FinalGrom99 modules.

 

Fred

 

du2k_v30.zip

[+OLD CS1]

To the UberGROM gurus: can this be easily integrated into the Extended BASIC 2.7 Suite?

[+Ksarul]

3 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

To the UberGROM gurus: can this be easily integrated into the Extended BASIC 2.7 Suite?

I'll have to look at @Gazoo's code to see what can be done there, as he used a bit of a brute force approach to build it (this was done before the regular UberGROM programming tools were released).

[atrax27407]

Where would one acquire the above-mentioned "Ubergrom tools"?

[+arcadeshopper]

4 hours ago, Ksarul said:

I'll have to look at @Gazoo's code to see what can be done there, as he used a bit of a brute force approach to build it (this was done before the regular UberGROM programming tools were released).

while you are at it dm2k is updated as well

[Brufnus]

On 11/25/2023 at 2:04 PM, F.G. Kaal said:

Hi all,

 

There is a new version of Du2k v3.0 available here hexbus.com/ti99geek/Projects/du2k/du2k.html

and here.

 

Du2k now allows the creation of 8 partitions for an IDE (master or slave) device. The maximum number of IDE devices is still 8 (IDE1 - IDE8) but now you don't need a slave device if you need more than 4 partitions or you can have i.e. 6 partitions on a master IDE device and 2 partitions on a slave IDE device. The download also contains a Du2kv30.bin file for use with the FlashRom99 and FinalGrom99 modules.

 

Fred

 

du2k_v30.zip 45.04 kB · 35 downloads

Hi Fred,

 

I'm having some issues formatting large SCSI drives; is it possible to limit the drive size by passing a parameter to the program?

[F.G. Kaal]

5 hours ago, Brufnus said:

Hi Fred,

 

I'm having some issues formatting large SCSI drives; is it possible to limit the drive size by passing a parameter to the program?

Hi Brufnus,

 

How large is large in this issue? and what is the issue?

Edited Wednesday at 08:38 AM by F.G. Kaal

[Brufnus]

4 hours ago, F.G. Kaal said:

Hi Brufnus,

 

How large is large in this issue? and what is the issue?

The drives in question are either 46 or 73 GB. I have a single 540 MB as well, though.

 

The available sector # and available disk space reported by CHKDSK and dir, are 99319728 sectors and 575 MB, respectively. However, I just tried formatting with MYS V6.50 last night (after writing the above), and that gives the same result.

 

I would've thought it was possible to format larger drives forcing a smaller logical capacity, keeping it inside the limits of the file system?

 

Another issue is... when I formatted the 540 MB and attempted to make a clone of the larger drive, I suddenly ran out of disk space, although they were supposed to be formatted to the same logical size. 

Edited Wednesday at 12:56 PM by Brufnus

[Brufnus]

A little test... I used your built-in sector editor to get as close as I could, to max. size by editing total AU # in the VIB; now I'm cloning an MFM drive and hopefully this trick will be successful. c",)