How to start OpenMSX for HD use

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By giuseve

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18-03-2023, 12:20

Thanks.
I've no linux.
So i tried with diskmanipulator to cread an image of 4096M to import contents of drive e on it, bu it doesn't wok.

Maybe diskmanipulator can only create fat12 sector up to 32mb?

And what if I create a bigger image with a tool like DiskImage : could OpenMsx use it with nextor?

Thanks in advance

By Manuel

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18-03-2023, 21:42

What do you mean with "it doesn't work"? What exactly did you try and what is happening exactly?

The latest development builds (from January 22 or later) have many improvements in disk manipulator and can also handle FAT16, including Nextor partition format, thanks to Grauw. Please try it out!

By giuseve

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19-03-2023, 09:14

You are right : i try to be more clear.

WIKI: I started from "creating a new harddisk image with content" of this link https://openmsx.org/manual/diskmanipulator.html

TARGET: create a FAT16 hddtest.dsk of 4gb and inject on it Nextor and files I already have on an SD (e:) that on my zemmix works fine.

I've started with

set default_machine Panasonic_FS-A1GT
ext slotexpander
ext moonsound
ext gfx9000
ext ide
ext scc+
set power off
ext ide
diskmanipulator create hddtest.dsk 4096M
diskmanipulator import hda1 e:/*.*

and it create a 360k image.
-> What did I miss?

When I'll be able to obtain a 4gb image, maybe I'd have to set the right hardware configuration to use it.
-> Which is the best configuration to use a 4gb nextor hddimage?

By Manuel

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19-03-2023, 09:59

Which openMSX version are you using exactly?

By Manuel

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19-03-2023, 15:34

Note that to create the disk image, you don't need any extensions whatsoever. I just tested it myself, (with the latest code) and it did create a 4GB file.

By giuseve

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22-03-2023, 18:00

OpenMsx version is 18.0
Tried without ext,

diskmanipulator create hddtest.dsk 4096M

the size of hddtest.dsk is always 360k

By Manuel

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22-03-2023, 18:14

Can you try with the latest development build?

By giuseve

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23-03-2023, 19:06

I could try....
But web site http://openmsx.fixato.net seems to be offline !

Where can I download latest development build?

By tfh

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23-03-2023, 19:30

giuseve wrote:

I could try....
But web site http://openmsx.fixato.net seems to be offline !

Where can I download latest development build?

There is some maintanance done on fixato.net. It should be back online within a few days.

By Manuel

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23-03-2023, 23:53

It should be available on GitHub as well, under Actions...

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