On 11/15/2011 06:57 AM, David Schmidt wrote:
On 11/15/2011 1:06 AM, EricN wrote:Has anyone had any success setting up a CP/M partition on the new CFFA3000 for the Applicard? I've been attempting to use the PCPIPro and ProPart tools provided by Steve but no success so far. Here's what I'm seeing: PCPIPro method (from PCPIPro.txt): - Everything successful up to -FBOOT then when the system reads in the drivers from the recently created boot diskette, the pdoshd driver errors on loading and is not able to detect a CP/M hard disk partition. ProPart: - Thought perhaps I first needed to use ProPart first to create a CP/M partition - Run pro/part.com, run through menu settings, then program hangs when attempting to write the data blocks to a ProDOS partition not he CFFA3000.
How are you configuring the CFFA3000? Are you starting with a ProDOS or Pascal disk image, and mounting that as a SmartPort drive? What slot is the CFFA3000 in?
Both the partitioning tool and driver assume a device that ids and behaves as a ProDOS block device. It does not have to be a SmartPort drive. I've yet to see anything it wouldn't work with, including a ProFile. I have one of my original CFFA cards configured with a CP/M partition on it and don't recall any issues during setup.
It seems like you should be able to start with a hard drive image that is already prepared for the Applicard and just mount and use that.
That might work, but sizings would have to match up precisely. The driver is looking for a fingerprint on the volume and uses the size to get its bearings.
I'll refresh my memory a bit and see if I can offer more concrete advice in a follow-on post.
Steve